Random Jottings

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Magellan starts 1st succesSFul circumnavigation of the world
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Paoli massacre
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US frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston
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Slave trade abolished in DC but slavery allowed to continue
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British & French defeat Russians at Alma in the Crimea
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Patent granted on the electric range
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Civil War Battle of Chickamauga near Chattanooga Tenn ended
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US Grants come to SF for elaborate extended visit
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Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for Pres & VP
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Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header
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German rocket engineers begin work in US
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1st North Pole jet crossing
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1st FORTRAN computer program run
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After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls
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Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season Yanks clinch pennant #26
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Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
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Luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis drills core sample
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Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
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Plaque dedicated in Thurmon Munson's memory at Yankee Stadium
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WDW's 200-millonth guest


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