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TODAY IN HISTORY ###

1643
New England Confederation formed by Connecticut, New Haven, Plymouth & Massachusetts Bay colonies for purposes of defense

1662
Act of Uniformity establishes revised English Prayer Book

1749
George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley

1774
Ann Lee & other Shakers leave Liverpool to settle in NY

1780
About 1 p.m., near-total darkness descends on much of New England

1792
Mt. St. Helens, Wash. discovered by Capt. George Vancouver

1796
Federal government outlaws non-Indian hunting on Indian lands

1802
Legion of Honor instituted by Napol?on

1856
Sen. Charles Sumner, Mass., speaks out against slavery

1857
1st electric fire alarm system patented, Boston

1863
Siege of Vicksburg - investment of the city is complete

1864
Last engagement in series of Civil War battles known as "Spotsylvania"

1892
National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded

1898
Simplon Tunnel opens from Brig, Switzerland to Iselle, Italy

1905
Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling championship

1906
Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organized

1911
Burglar Caesar Cella becomes 1st convicted by fingerprint evidence

1921
Congress sharply curbs immigration, sets a national quota system

1928
51 frogs in 1st annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Calaveras Co., Calif.)

1930
Cuban soldiers kill 8 at opposition political meeting, Artemisa

1934
Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Saturday Review of Literature" - males who solve puzzle become members of Baker St. Irregulars

1939
Kateri Tekakwitha becomes 1st American Indian to be beatified

1941
Viet Minh Front is created to drive out the French & Japanese

1943
Nazis declare Berlin "Judenrein" (free of Jews)

1950
The aliyah of Iraqi Jews begins

1952
Lillian Hellman refuses to testify before Un-American Activities Comm.

1954
Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project

1971
USSR launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars

1976
Poet Gwendolyn Brooks becomes 1st black woman inducted into the National Institute of Arts & Letters

1977
Kenya bans big-game hunting to combat decrease in wildlife

1987
Movie "Ishtar" premiers

1990
News reports "Little Red Riding Hood" banned, Culver City, Cal. school

2161
Syzygy: 8 of 9 planets aligned on same side of sun

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