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| 0978 | - | St. Edward the Martyr - king of Anglo-Saxons (975-78) dies |
| 1541 | - | de Soto becomes 1st European to record flooding of Mississippi River |
| 1766 | - | Britain repeals Stamp Act |
| 1850 | - | American Express founded |
| 1859 | - | Vera Cruz - Mexico besieged by Miramon |
| 1881 | - | Barnum & Bailey\s Greatest Show on Earth opens in MSG |
| 1892 | - | Lord Stanley proposes silver cup challenge for Hockey |
| 1909 | - | Einar Dessau of Denmark-1st ham broadcast |
| 1922 | - | Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years\ imprisonment |
| 1931 | - | 1st electric razor marketed by Schick |
| 1937 | - | Tx gas explosion kills 400 |
| 1938 | - | Mexico took control of foreign-owned oil properties |
| 1952 | - | 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted - Phila |
| 1959 | - | Pres Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill |
| 1962 | - | French & Algerian rebels agree to a truce |
| 1965 | - | Russia launches 2nd & final Voshkod-1st spacewalk-Aleksei Leonov |
| 1974 | - | Most Arab oil producing nations end US embargo |
| 1977 | - | Vietnam hands over MIA to US |
| 1985 | - | Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC |
| 1986 | - | Treasury Dept announces plans to alter paper money |
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