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1793 - George Washington lays the cornerstone of the US Capitol building.

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1794 - Austrian army is decisively defeated at the battle of Sprimont.

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1809 - The Royal Opera House in London opens.

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1810 - Chile declares independence from Spain.

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1819 - Birth of Jean-Bernard-Léon Foucault his pendulum proved Earth rotates.

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1830 - A horse beats the first US-made locomotive in a race near Baltimore, Maryland.

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1851 - New York Times starts publishing, at 2 cents a copy.

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1866 - The Grand Masonic Lodge of Nevada lays the cornerstone for the Carson City Mint.

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1870 - Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.

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1870 - Birth of Clark Wissler anthropologist (American Indian).

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