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Yale collage was founded in 1718 in New Haven, Connecticut.
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On January 1st ,1775 the Boston tea party started and more than 32,000 men helped win our independence from the king of England.
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On January 9th 1788 Connecticut became the fifth state.
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October 15th, 1806 Noah Webster created the dictionary in Hartford, Connecticut.
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On March 16th, 1817 a school for the deaf and blind was opened in Hartford, Connecticut.
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On July 19th, 1848 slavery was abolished in Connecticut.
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On Decembe 18th,1889 the first payphone was installed in a bank in Hartford Connecticut.
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On May 9th, 1901 in Connecticut the first law was passed about speed limits.
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On April 11th, 1944 137 people died from the Ringling Brothers circus tent fire.
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On August 13th, Ella T . Grasso was elected as the first female Governor in Hartford, Connecticut and in a major city in the northeast.
