1608
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City of Qu‚bec founded by Samuel de Champlain
1754
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George Washington surrenders to French, Ft. Necessity (7 Years' War)
1775
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Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass.
1778
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British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Penn.
1806
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Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry
1844
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1st unequal treaty extorted by US from China signed, Wanghsia
1848
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Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)
1852
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Congress authorizes SF mint
1861
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Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY
1863
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Battle of Gettysburg, Penn. ends, a major victory for the North
1890
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Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
1892
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Workers at Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead, Penn. go on strike
1895
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Black Peter" (BG)
1898
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US navy defeats Spanish fleet in the harbor at Santiago, Cuba
1912
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Rube Marquard of NY Giants pitches his 19th consecutive victory
1913
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Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)
1934
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FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria, IL
1937
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Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean
1939
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Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler
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"Blondie" (based on the comic strip) debuts on CBS radio (-1950)
1940
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British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa
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1st starring radio roles for Abbott & Costello, on NBC
1942
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Germans take Sebastopol, Crimea in World War II
1947
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Record 252,288 people pass through Grand Central Station, NYC
1950
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1st time US & North Korean forces clash in the Korean War
1958
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"The Andy Williams Show" premiers on ABC TV (later on CBS & NBC)
1962
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France proclaims independence of Algeria, after 132 years
1967
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"News at Ten" premiers on English TV
1970
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200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival
1974
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Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1978
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Supreme Court rules 5-4 that FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"
1983
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Calvin Smith of US sets record for 100 m (9.93 s), becomes world's fastest man (36.25 kph)
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Evelyn Ashford of US sets record for 100 m (10.79 s), becomes world's fastest woman (33.36 kph)
1986
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Pres. Reagan presides over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
1987
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2 men become 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross the Atlantic
1990
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Larry Tudor, US, sets hang-glider world record distance of 484 km