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| 1776 | - | "Thomas Paine\s \""Common Sense\"" published" |
| 1806 | - | Dutch in Capetown surrender to British |
| 1840 | - | Penny Post mail system is started |
| 1861 | - | Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US |
| 1863 | - | 1st underground railway opens in London |
| 1911 | - | Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified) |
| 1920 | - | League of Nations established |
| 1932 | - | Mickey Mouse & Silly Symphony comics syndicated |
| 1944 | - | 1st mobile electric power plant delivered Phila |
| 1945 | - | Los Angeles Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close |
| 1946 | - | UN General Assembly meets for 1st time |
| 1946 | - | US Army establishes 1st radar contact with moon Belmar NJ |
| 1949 | - | 1st Jewish family show - The Goldberg\s begin |
| 1951 | - | 1st jet passenger trip made |
| 1964 | - | That Was The Week That Was premiers |
| 1969 | - | USSR\s Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus |
| 1970 | - | Preview Center Opens |
| 1977 | - | 20th hat trick in Islander history - Bobby Nystrom |
| 1978 | - | Pedro Joaqu¡n Chamorro of La Prensa assassinated in Managua |
| 1978 | - | Soyuz 27 is launched |
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