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1142 – A peace treaty between the Jin dynasty and Southern Song dynasty is formally ratified when a Jin envoy visits the Song court during the Jin-Song wars.
1582 – Due to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, this date does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. 1767 – Surveying for the Mason-Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed. 1776 – In the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, a fleet of American boats is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777. 1809 – Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder’s Stand. 1811 – Inventor John Stevens‘ boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry with service between New York City and Hoboken. 1890 – In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded. 1906 – San Francisco public school board sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools. 1957 – In Operation Moonwatch, scientists calculate Sputnik 1’s booster rocket’s orbit. 1986 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachevmeet in Reykjavík, Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.
1987 – First public display of AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Births
1821 – George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (d. 1905)
1881 – Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1973) Deaths
1904 – Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
1908 – Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846) ————————————————————————
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