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Ben Franklin flies a kite in a storm.
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British soldiers fire upon colonists at the Boston Massacre.
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The first mastodon fossils are discovered.
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War between the U.S. and Great Britain begins.
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Abolitionist John Brown leads an attack on Harper's Ferry.
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Statue of Liberty is unveiled.
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The titanic goes down in the North Atlantic.
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Hitler becomes President of Germany.