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2021 ‐
Former police captains Eric Adams elected the second African American mayor of New York
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1957 ‐
1st titanium mill opened, Toronto, Ohio
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1955 ‐
David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government
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1953 ‐
Pakistan becomes islamic republic
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1947 ‐
Howard Hughes flies "Spruce Goose", a huge wooden airplane for the first and last time
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1932 ‐
The "Great Emu War" begins: Australian soldiers armed with Lewis Guns sought to cull the Emu population over crop destruction in Campion district, Western Australia
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1907 ‐
US banker J. P. Morgan locks over 40 bankers in his library to force them to find ways to avert New York banking crisis
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1886 ‐
German patent granted to inventor Carl Benz for "vehicle with gas engine operation", the first automobile (No. DE37435C)
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1867 ‐
Women's fashion magazine "Harper's Bazaar" is 1st published
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1859 ‐
American abolitionist John Brown found guilty of murder, inciting slaves to revolt, and treason against the Virginia Territory during his raid of Harpers Ferry Armory, and sentenced to hang
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1824 ‐
Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Andrew Jackson beats John Quincy Adams
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1783 ‐
General George Washington, later 1st US President, bids farewell to his army after the American Revolutionary War
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