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| Her majesty Queen Elizabeth I of England in her crowning robes. |
1559
1759
The British Museum opened, 6 years after its foundation.
1777
The Republic of New Connecticut declared its independence. Six months later it was renamed Vermont, after the French word "ver mont" meaning "green mountain".
1870
The donkey was first used as symbol of the Democratic Party in a cartoon on Harper's Weekly by Thomas Nast. Andrew Jackson is credited as the first democrat to use it in his 1828 campaign, after his opponents apparently called him a "jack ass".
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| The Pentagon as seen today. |
1943
The world's largest office building, the Pentagon, was dedicated in Arlington,Virginia.
1967
The first Super Bowl was played: Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10.
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| The first Super Bowl as covered by The Boston Globe |
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| President Nixon |
1973
President Nixon orders halt to offensive operations in North Vietnam.
1992
The European Community recognized Croatia and Slovenia as separate states, effectively ending the Yugoslav federation, founded in 1918.
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