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| 1743 | - | George Frideric Handel\s oratorio `Messiah\ London premiere |
| 1752 | - | Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias - died 2 days later |
| 1775 | - | Patrick Henry asks for liberty or death |
| 1806 | - | Lewis & Clark reached Pacific coast |
| 1840 | - | 1st photo of moon taken |
| 1919 | - | Benito Mussolini founded Fascist movement in Milan Italy |
| 1925 | - | Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution |
| 1929 | - | 1st telephone installed in White House |
| 1933 | - | German Reichstag granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers |
| 1937 | - | LA Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars |
| 1940 | - | All-India-Muslim league calls for a Muslim Homeland |
| 1942 | - | US began moving Japanese-Americans to detention centers |
| 1944 | - | Nicholas Alkemade falls 5 -500 m without a parachute & lives |
| 1950 | - | UN World Meteorological Org established |
| 1956 | - | Pakistan became independent within British Commonwealth |
| 1962 | - | JFK visits SF |
| 1965 | - | Gemini 3 launched - 1st US 2-man space flight |
| 1976 | - | Intl Bill of Rights goes into effect - 35 nations ratify |
| 1982 | - | Isle\s Mike Bossy\s 20th career hat trick - 4 goals |
| 1983 | - | 1st Artificial heart recipient Dr Barney Clark died after 112 days |
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