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1302
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Romeo & Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare
1791
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Samuel Mulliken, Philadelphia, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent
1818
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Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is published
1823
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1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt.
1826
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William Ashley discovers Great Salt Lake, Utah
1833
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South Carolina convention withdraws its nullification of US tariffs
1850
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Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania founded
1861
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Confederate convention in Montgomery adopts constitution
1865
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Gen. Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville, NC
1867
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Great Mauna Loa volcanic eruption, Hawaii
1888
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Great blizzard of '88 strikes NE US; kills 400 in 4 days
1892
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1st public game of basketball, Springfield, Mass.
1918
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Save the Redwoods League established
1927
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1st armored commercial car hold-up in US, Pittsburgh
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World's largest movie theater, the Roxie, opens in NYC (6,214 seats)
1941
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FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill
1953
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Fae Adams, MD receives 1st regular US army commission given a woman
1958
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Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"
1959
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Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" opens, NYC
1960
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Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between earth & Venus
1966
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Military coup led by Indonesian Gen. Suharto breaks out
1967
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Bald eagle placed on the Endangered Species List
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Whooping crane placed on the Endangered Species List
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Grizzly bear placed on the Endangered Species List
1977
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34 Israelis killed by Palestinians on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway
1981
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Southernmost flowering plant found (Antarctic hair grass), 68ø 21' S
1982
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Sen. Harrison Williams (D-NJ) resigns rather than face expulsion
1985
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader
1986
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1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC
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Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km
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NFL adopts instant replay rule
1987
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Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham aide testifies his boss is divinely inspired