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1620 1st documented merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey) 1673 Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi 1733 England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum & molasses imported to the colonies 1775 The Continental Congress bans trade with Quebec 1792 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street 1803 John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine 1845 Rubber band patents 1849 A large fire nearly burns St. Louis, Missouri to the ground 1862 Battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities 1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi 1864 Battle of Adairsville GA, Union forces Confederates to retreat 1875 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75 1877 Edwin T Holmes installs 1st telephone switchboard burglar alarm 1884 Alaska becomes a US territory 1886 Death of John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company 1916 British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), 1st introduced 1920 1st flight by Dutch airlines KLM (Koninklijke-Luchtvaart-Maatschappij) 1938 Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy 1940 Nazis bombs Middelburg/B IJzerdrat begins illegal defiance 1943 The Dambuster Raids by No. 617 Squadron RAF on German dams 1944 Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java 1944 General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th 1944 Operation Straightline: Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea 1945 2 US P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu 1960 1st atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA 1961 Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers 1968 European Space Research Organization launches 1st satellite 1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft Ra II 1973 Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings 1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles
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