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- 1853
Central Park in New York created by NY State Legislature View Post →
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- -356
Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus
- -365
Crete Earthquake and tsunami allegedly destroys Alexandria
- 1865
Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in showdown
- 1925
John T. Scopes found guilty in the 'Scopes monkey trial'
- 1996
Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers
- 2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is published worldwide
- 2011
NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with Atlantis landing
- 2021
World's fastest train, a Chinese maglev, debuts in Qingdao
- 1983
Lowest temperature ever measured on Earth at Vostok Station
- 1944
American forces land on Guam during World War II
- 1861
The First Battle of Bull Run
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