On This Day in History |
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1492 Christopher Columbus sights Cuba and claims it for Spain under the name "Juana" |
1538 The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established on Hispaniola |
1746 The Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao are demolished by an earthquake, killing 18,000 |
1831 Michael Faraday demonstrates his dynamo invention, an electrical generator |
 | The Statue of Liberty, New York |
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1886 Statue of Liberty is dedicated by President Grover Cleveland, celebrated by the first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City |
1919 Volstead Act is passed by Congress, establishing prohibition despite President Woodrow Wilson's veto |
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Also John Laurens and Joaquin Phoenix (50). |
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On this day, Michael Faraday, known to science as the Father of Electricity, demonstrated his dynamo invention. It was to have huge, far-reaching consequences. |
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