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1841 - Sarawak obtained by Britain from Sultan of Brunei.

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1845 - First baseball team is organized.

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1852 - A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated.

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1853 - First round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt).

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1862 - Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal.

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1865 - James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, San Francisco.

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1869 - "Black Friday" in the US: Wall Steet panic after Gould and Fisk attempt to corner gold; U.S. government begins to sell off large quantities of gold.

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1870 - Birth of Georges Claude inventor (neon light).

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1883 - National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky.

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1890 - Birth of Sir Alan Herbert England, journalist/writer (Punch, Helen).

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