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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1679 The British crown claims New Hampshire as a royal colony
1776 The statue of King George III is pulled down in New York City
1778 In support of the American Revolution, Louis XVI declares war on England
1821 US takes possession of Florida from Spain
1850 Millard Fillmore is sworn in as the 13th president of the United States following the death of Zachary Taylor
1890 Wyoming becomes the 44th state
1893 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs the first successful open-heart surgery, without the benefit of penicillin or blood transfusion
1925 The trial of Tennessee teacher John T. Scopes opens, with Clarence Darrow appearing for the defense and William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution
1940 Germany begins the bombing of England
1951 Armistice talks to end the Korean War began at Kaesong
1962 The satellite Telstar is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, beaming live television from Europe to the United States
1965 “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” becomes the Rolling Stones’ first No. 1 single in the USA
1967 Singer Bobbie Gentry records “Ode to Billie Joe,” which will become a country music classic and win 4 Grammys
1973 The Bahamas became independent from Great Britain
1976 In Seveso, near Milan, Italy, an explosion in a chemical factory covers the surrounding area with toxic dioxin
1985 Coca-Cola Company announces it will resume selling “old formula Coke,” renamed “Coca Cola Classic,” following a public outcry and falling sales of “New Coke”
1991 Boris Yeltsin is sworn in as the first elected president of the Russian Federation, following the breakup of the USSR
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