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1606 Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va
1803 Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to US for $27M
1879 Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park
1880 NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"
1920 Bob Hope became an American citizen
1953 KWTV TV channel 9 in Oklahoma City, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Elvis Presley given draft notice to join US Army for National Service
1962 Osmond brothers debut on Andy Williams Show
1969 Peter, Paul & Mary's rendition of John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1
1975 Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles
1977 1st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut
1985 Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
1989, the United States launched Operation Just Cause, sending troops into Panama to topple the government of General Manuel Noriega - no nation building here
1990 Pentagon warns Saddam that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15
1999 The Vermont Supreme Court ruled that homosexual couples are entitled to the same benefits and protections as wedded couples.
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