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| 1741 | - | Prussian forces took Olmutz Czechoslovakia |
| 1825 | - | 1st public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England |
| 1831 | - | Darwin begins his voyage onboard HMS Beagle |
| 1850 | - | Hawaiian Fire Department established |
| 1867 | - | Ontario & Quebec legislatures held 1st meeting |
| 1903 | - | Sweet Adaline a barbershop quartet favorite is 1st sung |
| 1927 | - | Show Boat opens in NYC |
| 1927 | - | Stalin\s faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR Trotsky expelled |
| 1932 | - | Radio City Music Hall opens in NY |
| 1934 | - | 1st youth hostel opened Northfield Mass |
| 1941 | - | Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an `open city\ |
| 1945 | - | International Monetary Fund established-World Bank founded |
| 1947 | - | 1st `Howdy Doody\ show (Puppet Playhouse) telecast on NBC |
| 1968 | - | Apollo 8 returns to Earth |
| 1972 | - | LA Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak |
| 1972 | - | Lester Pearson Canadian PM (Nobel-1956) |
| 1979 | - | Soviet troops invade Afghanistan |
| 1983 | - | Propane gas fire devastated 16 square blocks of Buffalo |
| 1985 | - | Terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports. President Reagan blamed Libyaner Moammar Gadhafi |
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