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| 1600 | - | Giordano Bruno burned in Rome as a heretic |
| 1854 | - | British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa) |
| 1870 | - | Mississippi readmitted to U.S. after Civil War |
| 1876 | - | Sardines were 1st canned - in Eastport - Maine |
| 1878 | - | 1st telephone exchange in SF opens with 18 phones |
| 1908 | - | Geronimo - Apache hero - dies (birth date unknown) |
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