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Events

• Elizabeth I of England was crowned in Westminster Abbey– 1559
• Dramatist Molière was baptized– 1622
• Vermont declares its independence from Great Britain and the colony of New York as a republic originally called New Connecticut– 1777
• The University of N.C., the first state university in the US, opens– 1795
• E. G. Otis received a patent for an elevator safety brake– 1861
• Great Molasses Flood, Boston, Massachusetts– 1919
• Ford Foundation is incorporated to administer funds for scientific, educational and charitable purposes– 1936
• First U.S. all-glass windowless structure completed, in Toledo, Ohio– 1936
• First Pro Bowl game in NFL history is played in Los Angeles, California– 1939
• The Pentagon Building in Virginia was completed– 1943
• First nonstop trans-Canada flight completed– 1949
• The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl I– 1967
• Happy Days made its television debut– 1974
• First transpacific hot air balloon flight began, Japan to Canada– 1991
• Online encyclopedia Wikipedia launched– 2001
• Stardust capsule landed in Utah, after record re-entry speed of 28,860 mph– 2006