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1. 1620: Peregrine White was the first child born in New England to English parents.
2. 1789: New Jersey became the first State to ratify the Bill of Rights.
3. 1889: Edwin Hubble, American astronomer, was born.
4. 1893: The US Supreme Court ruled that the Great Lakes and their connecting waters constitute ‘high seas.’
5. 1910: Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, died.
6. 1959: Ford stopped production of the unpopular Edsel.
7. 1966: The musical “Cabaret,” with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, opened on Broadway.
8. 1984: The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Project is founded.
9. 1985: Microsoft released Windows 1.0 for personal computers.
10. 2006: Nintendo’s Wii game system debuted to mobs of prospective buyers.
11. Great American Smokeout
12. Absurdity Day
13. Universal Children’s Day

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