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1792 - Birth of Sarah Moore Grimké American antislavery, women's rights advocate.

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1793 - Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France.

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1825 - First college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, New York)).

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1832 - First streetcar railway in America starts operating (New York City) (12-cent fare).

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1832 - Birth of Mary Edwards Walker US, doctor/women's rights leader.

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1841 - First date in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan.

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1857 - Birth of Ferdinand de Saussure Switzerland, linguist (Cours de Laguistique Generale).

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1861 - At Wheeling, a convention adopts a constitution for new state West Virginia.

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1865 - Alice in Wonderland published.

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1868 - First baseball game played in enclosed field in San Francisco, at 25th and Folsom.

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