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Sun, May 9, 2021 | 07:02
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
1770-Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia) 1833-1st tax-supported public library (Peterborough, NH)
2021-04-08 16:15
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021
1766-1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley & chain1781-Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K3791869-American Museum of Natural History opens in New York1879-Milk is sold in glass bottles for 1st time1913-Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)1916-Norway approves active & passive female suffrage1940-Germany battle cruisers si...
2021-04-07 17:00
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2021
1348-Prague U, 1st university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV 1724-Johann S Bach's "John Passion" premieres in Leipzig
2021-04-06 17:26
TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021
1869-1st plastic, Celluloid, patented 1893-Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes to no decision in St Louis (111 rounds, longest bout in boxing history)
2021-04-05 16:00
MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021
1762-British take Grenada, West Indies, from French 1768-First U.S. Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY)
2021-04-04 17:40
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021
1800-First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's first Symphony in C 1863-Bread revolt in Richmond VA
2021-04-01 17:38
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021
1778-Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol 1793-Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000
2021-03-31 18:06
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021
1854-Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to foreign trade 1877-British high director/Governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown
2021-03-30 16:28
TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2021
1858-Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia) 1863-Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswyk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece
2021-03-29 16:59
MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2021
1798-Republic of Switzerland forms
2021-03-28 16:56
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