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1621 - 1st Indian appears at Plymouth - Mass |
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1802 - Law signed to establish US Milt Academy at West Point - NY |
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1827 - 1st US black newspaper - Freedom's Journal (NYC) |
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1916 - US & Canada sign Migratory bird treaty |
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1926 - Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket 184 feet |
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1935 - Hitler orders German rearmament - violating Versailles Treaty |
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1945 - US defeats Japan at Iwo Jima |
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1952 - 1.87m rain fall at Cilaos - La R‚union in 24 hrs (world record) |
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1966 - Gemini 8 launched with 2 astronauts |
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1968 - My-Lai massacre occurs |
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1975 - US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury |
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1978 - Soyuz 26 returns to Earth |