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| 1737 | - | Antonio Stradivari violin maker dies |
| 1787 | - | NJ becomes 3rd state |
| 1813 | - | British take Fort Niagara in the War of 1812 |
| 1849 | - | William Bond obtains 1st photograph of moon through a telescope |
| 1865 | - | 13th Amendment ratified slavery abolished |
| 1898 | - | Auto speed record set -- 63 kph |
| 1915 | - | Pres Wilson widowed the year before marries Edith Bolling Galt |
| 1932 | - | Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in 1st NFL playoff game |
| 1945 | - | Uruguay joined UN |
| 1956 | - | Japan admitted to the UN |
| 1958 | - | 1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip |
| 1958 | - | 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower |
| 1958 | - | Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day) |
| 1961 | - | India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa Damao & Diu |
| 1965 | - | Borman & Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII |
| 1969 | - | Britain abolished death penalty |
| 1971 | - | 1st Candlelight Processional |
| 1971 | - | Diana Lynn dies at 45 |
| 1972 | - | US began its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam |
| 1973 | - | Soyuz 13 launched into earth orbit for 8 days |
| 1974 | - | SF Visitors Center at City Hall opens |
| 1980 | - | Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin suffered a fatal heart attack at 76 |
| 1985 | - | UN Security Council unanimously condemns `acts of hostage-taking\ |
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