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1000 - Hungary is founded by Saint Stephen.

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1778 - Birth of Bernardo O'Higgins won independence for Chile.

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1781 - George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis.

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1785 - Birth of Oliver Hazard Perry US Naval hero ("We have met the enemy").

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1794 - General Mad Anthony Wayne routes Indians at Fallen Timbers, Ohio.

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1804 - Charles Floyd only fatality of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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1833 - Birth of Benjamin Harrison in North Bend, Ohio, USA; (Republican) 23rd President (1889-1893).

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1852 - Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard.

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1858 - Charles Darwin first publishes his thoery of evolution.

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1860 - Birth of Raymond Poincaré France, Prime Minister (1912), president.

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