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Construction of the first schoolhouse west of the Allegheny Mountains was started in Schoenbrunn, Ohio, by Moravian missionaries.
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The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad opens the first passenger railway line.
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In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln from Georgia, saying, “I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.”
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German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen made the first X-ray, of his wife's hand.
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Colo, the first gorilla to be born in captivity, was born at the Columbus, Ohio zoo.
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The last show of "Let’s Make A Deal" was aired.
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Meghan Trainor was born.
