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| 1621 | - | 1st Indian appears at Plymouth - Mass |
| 1802 | - | Law signed to establish US Milt Academy at West Point - NY |
| 1827 | - | 1st US black newspaper - Freedom\s Journal (NYC) |
| 1916 | - | US & Canada sign Migratory bird treaty |
| 1926 | - | Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket 184 feet |
| 1935 | - | Hitler orders German rearmament - violating Versailles Treaty |
| 1945 | - | US defeats Japan at Iwo Jima |
| 1952 | - | 1.87m rain fall at Cilaos - La R‚union in 24 hrs (world record) |
| 1966 | - | Gemini 8 launched with 2 astronauts |
| 1968 | - | My-Lai massacre occurs |
| 1975 | - | US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury |
| 1978 | - | Soyuz 26 returns to Earth |
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