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| 1487 | - | Bell chimes invented |
| 1649 | - | King Charles I of Great Britain executed by Parliament |
| 1774 | - | Capt Cook reaches 71ø 10\ S 1820 km from S pole (record) |
| 1847 | - | Yerba Buena renamed SF |
| 1854 | - | 1st election in Washington Territory; 1 682 votes cast |
| 1862 | - | "US Navy\s 1st ironclad warship \""Monitor\"" launched" |
| 1889 | - | John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48-inch telescope |
| 1894 | - | US flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham |
| 1917 | - | 1st jazz record in US cut |
| 1922 | - | World Law Day |
| 1933 | - | Adolf Hitler named German Chancellor |
| 1948 | - | Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi |
| 1948 | - | Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi |
| 1958 | - | 1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service Dallas Texas |
| 1969 | - | US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere |
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