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| 1569 | - | St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible |
| 1672 | - | Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea a satellite of Saturn |
| 1690 | - | John Flamsteed observes Uranus but doesn\t realize its undiscovered |
| 1783 | - | Washington resigns as US Army\s commander-in-chief |
| 1913 | - | US Federal Reserve system authorized |
| 1920 | - | Ireland divided into two parts each with its own parliament |
| 1947 | - | Transistor invented by Bardeen Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs |
| 1948 | - | PM Tojo 6 other Japanese hung for war crimes by US |
| 1968 | - | Borman Lovell & Anders 1st men to orbit moon |
| 1972 | - | Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua |
| 1972 | - | Islanders end 15 games winless streak |
| 1973 | - | 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices |
| 1975 | - | Congress passes Metric Conversion Act |
| 1978 | - | Islanders scored 7 goals in one period against the Rangers Trottier scores 8 pts vs Rangers 5 goals-NHL rec 6 pts in 1 pd |
| 1986 | - | Rutan & Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling |
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