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1923 Mary Katherine Campbell (Ohio), 16, crowned 2nd Miss America 1922-23
1922 South Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high-powered radio station (South African History)
1916 Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch New York’s record 26-game winning streak
1916 Workmen’s Compensation Act passed by Congress
1915 35th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Johnston beats M E McLoughlin (16 60 75 108)
1915 John Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll
1915 St. Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0
1914 New York Post Office Building opens to public
1912 Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit
1907 Sutro’s ornate Cliff House in San Francisco destroyed by fire
1903 Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
1901 Peace of Peking – Ends Boxer Rebellion in China
1897 George Davis (Giants) home run off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH
1896 1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI
1896 A. H. Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a track in Cranston, Rhode Island
1892 James Corbett KOs John Sullivan in 21 for heavyweight boxing title
1891 Captain Frederick Lugards army reaches Kavalli Equatoria
1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes “Adventure of Engineer’s Thumb”
1888 Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby place in an incubator
1880 Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1876 Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)
1863 Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
1860 Excursion steamer “Lady Elgin” drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
1822 Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day)
1822 Pedro I, son of king Joao VI, declares Brazil independence
1813 “Uncle Sam” was 1st used to refer to U.S. (Troy Post of New York)
1812 Battle at Borodino: Napoleon-Kutuzov
1800 Zion AME Church dedicated (New York City)
1714 Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine
1701 Germany, England and Netherlands sign anti-French covenant
1652 Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English
1599 Earl van Essex and Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty
1596 Dutch fleet bombs Banten Java
1543 Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V
1525 Trial against “heretic” John Pistorius ends in the Hague
1497 Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV
1159 Ottaviano de Montecello elected as anti-Pope
70 Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem

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