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| 1621 | - | Massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth) |
| 1638 | - | Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony |
| 1733 | - | Joseph Priestly (father of soda pop) invents carbonated water |
| 1765 | - | Britain enacts Stamp Act |
| 1778 | - | Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery - in Wash state |
| 1799 | - | F.W.A. Argelander - cataloguer of 324 -000 stars - dies |
| 1820 | - | Stephen Decatur killed in a duel with Com James Barron |
| 1882 | - | Congress outlaws polygamy |
| 1894 | - | Montreal AAA beats Ottawa Capitals 3-2 & wins 1st Stanley Cup |
| 1903 | - | NY Highlander (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale |
| 1929 | - | USCG vessel sank Canadian-reg schooner suspected of carrying liquor |
| 1941 | - | Grand Coulee Dam in Wash went into operation |
| 1945 | - | Arab League founded |
| 1946 | - | Jordan (then Transjordan) gains independence from Britain |
| 1957 | - | Earthquake gives SF shakes |
| 1960 | - | AL Schawlow & C H Townes obtain patent for the laser |
| 1963 | - | Beatles release 1st album - Please Please Me |
| 1967 | - | Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali\s 1st MSG fight |
| 1968 | - | Lynda Johnson ordered off Cable Car for eating an ice cream cone |
| 1972 | - | Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified) |
| 1972 | - | Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle |
| 1975 | - | Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens |
| 1977 | - | Indira Gandhi resigns as PM of India |
| 1978 | - | Robert Frost Plaza - at Calif - Drumm & Market - dedicated |
| 1979 | - | Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt |
| 1981 | - | 1st class postage raised to 18› from 15› |
| 1981 | - | Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6 |
| 1982 | - | 3rd Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 3 launched |
| 1983 | - | Chaim Herzog elected Israeli pres |
| 1984 | - | Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game |
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