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1964 ‐
Boxing legend Cassius Clay joins the Nation of Islam and changes his name to "Muhammad Ali", calling his former title a "slave name"
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1945 ‐
George Nissen of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, receives a patent for the first modern trampoline
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1896 ‐
1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"
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1869 ‐
Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table of the elements to the Russian Chemical Society
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1857 ‐
Dred Scott Decision: US Supreme Court rules Africans cannot be US citizens
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1816 ‐
Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck, Germany
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1810 ‐
Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in US
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1808 ‐
1st college orchestra in US founded, at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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1775 ‐
1st Negro Mason in north America initiated, Boston
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