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126 - Birth of Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman emperor (193 AD).

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1291 - Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (National Day).

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1619 - First black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia.

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1672 - King Charles II demonetizes copper tokens and announces copper farthings and halfpence will be minted.

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1714 - Death of English Queen Anne.

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1714 - George I, Elector of Brunswick Lunenburgh, proclaimed King of England.

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1716 - First sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea).

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1744 - Birth of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck believed in inheritance of acquired traits.

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1770 - Birth of William Clark Charlottsville Virginia, second lieutenant of Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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1774 - The element oxygen is discovered for the third (and last) time.

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