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1814 | - | Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris |
1831 | - | Quebec & Montreal incorporated |
1849 | - | Col John W Geary 1st postmaster of SF |
1854 | - | Japan opens ports to foreign trade by Commodore Perry |
1868 | - | Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China |
1870 | - | Thomas P Mundy became 1st black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ) |
1880 | - | Wabash Ind - 1st town completely illuminated by electric light |
1889 | - | Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opened |
1917 | - | US purchases Virgin Is from Denmark for $25 million |
1918 | - | 1st US daylight savings time goes into effect |
1923 | - | 1st dance marathon - NYC - Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs |
1932 | - | Ford publicly unveiled its V-8 engine |
1933 | - | "1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper - \""Soperton News\"" (Ga)" |
1933 | - | Congress authorized Civilian Conservation Corps |
1941 | - | Ground broken for Union Sq Garage |
1943 | - | Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! opens on Broadway |
1949 | - | Newfoundland becomes 10th Canadian province |
1953 | - | UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjold secretary-general |
1958 | - | US Navy forms atomic sub division |
1963 | - | LA ends streetcar service after 90 years |
1966 | - | USSR launches Luna 10 - 1st spacecraft to orbit moon |
1968 | - | LBJ announces he would not seek re-election |
1973 | - | Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs Islanders - on 60 shots |
1976 | - | Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan could be disc from respirator |
1980 | - | Jesse Owens of 1936 Berlin Olympics fame dies in Az at 66 |
1986 | - | 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes |
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