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| 1170 | - | Archbishop Thomas A Becket murdered by King Henry II supporters |
| 1845 | - | Texas becomes 28th state |
| 1848 | - | Gas lights installed at White House for 1st time |
| 1851 | - | 1st Young Men\s Christian Association chapter opened in Boston |
| 1864 | - | Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball |
| 1890 | - | Federal troops massacre 300 captive Sioux at Wounded Knee SD |
| 1911 | - | SF Symphony formed |
| 1916 | - | Death of Rasputin |
| 1921 | - | William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM |
| 1931 | - | Identification of heavy water publicly announced HC Urey |
| 1937 | - | Pan Am starts SF to Auckland New Zealand service |
| 1949 | - | 1st UHF television station operating regular basis Bridgeport Ct |
| 1949 | - | Hungary nationalized its industries |
| 1952 | - | 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale Elmsford NY |
| 1975 | - | 11 killed 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in NYC |
| 1983 | - | US announced withdrawal from UNESCO |
| 1984 | - | Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period |
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