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| 1716 | - | 1st lion to be exhibited in America (Boston) |
| 1778 | - | Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands) |
| 1789 | - | 1st natl celebration of Thanksgiving |
| 1793 | - | Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France |
| 1825 | - | 1st fraternity Kappa Alpha formed at Union College (Schenectady) |
| 1832 | - | 1st horse drawn American street car -NYC- fare: 12› |
| 1865 | - | Alice in Wonderland published |
| 1868 | - | 1st baseball game played in enclosed field in SF at 25th & Folsom |
| 1883 | - | Sojourner Truth abolitionist women\s rights advocate dies |
| 1885 | - | 1st Meteor photograph |
| 1895 | - | Hawaiian Sugar Planters Assn formed |
| 1940 | - | Nazis force 4.5 mil Warsaw Jews to live in walled ghetto |
| 1949 | - | India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic |
| 1950 | - | China enters Korean conflict |
| 1962 | - | 1st recording session under the name Beatles |
| 1965 | - | France launches 1st satellite a 92-pound A1 capsule |
| 1966 | - | 1st major tidal power plant opened at Rance estuary France |
| 1973 | - | Nixon\s personal sec Rose Mary Woods told a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18-minute gap in a key Watergate tape |
| 1975 | - | Fed jury found Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination |
| 1980 | - | Rachael Roberts dies at age 53 |
| 1982 | - | Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki |
| 1982 | - | Clyde King named Yankee manager |
| 1985 | - | 23rd Space Shuttle Mission - Atlantis 2 is launched |
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