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| 1613 | - | Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune |
| 1687 | - | Johannes Hevelius dies |
| 1807 | - | London\s Pall Mall is 1st st lit by gaslight |
| 1821 | - | Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica |
| 1860 | - | Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua |
| 1871 | - | Paris surrenders to Germans |
| 1878 | - | 1st telephone exchange New Haven Connecticut George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator |
| 1878 | - | Yale Daily News published - 1st college daily newspaper |
| 1909 | - | US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time |
| 1915 | - | US Coast Guard established |
| 1932 | - | 1st US state unemployment insurance act enacted - Wisconsin |
| 1938 | - | 1st Ski Tow starts running (in Vermont) |
| 1953 | - | J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins Today show |
| 1956 | - | Elvis Presley\s 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show) |
| 1958 | - | Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor |
| 1960 | - | 1st photograph bounced off moon Washington DC |
| 1978 | - | Ranger\s Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders |
| 1986 | - | 25th Space Shuttle - Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff |
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