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| 1558 | - | Calais last English possession in France retaken by French |
| 1610 | - | Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites Io Europa & Ganymede |
| 1714 | - | Typewriter patented (built years later) |
| 1753 | - | Plough Monday |
| 1785 | - | 1st balloon flight across English Channel |
| 1789 | - | 1st natl presidental election - US |
| 1822 | - | 1st printing in Hawaii |
| 1822 | - | Liberia colonized by Americans |
| 1929 | - | "Tarzan\"" one of the 1st adventure comic strips appears" |
| 1963 | - | 1st class postage raised from 4› to 5›. |
| 1967 | - | Newlywed Game premiers |
| 1968 | - | 1st class postage raised from 5› to 6› |
| 1972 | - | LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record) |
| 1982 | - | Islander\s Bryan Trottier\s 10th career hat trick |
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