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Events

• William Penn signed a treaty of peace and friendship with the Lenni Lenape Native Americans in what is now Pennsylvania– 1683
• Texas voted for annexation by the United States after nearly ten years as an independent republic– 1845
• First practical typewriter patented– 1868
• Mercedes lodged as trade name– 1902
• First U.S. national lip reading tournament, Philadelphia, PA– 1926
• Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off for a round-the-world flight in their plane, the Winnie Mae– 1931
• A 50-pound 4-ounce red snapper was caught in the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana– 1996
• Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody nominated as the U.S.’s first female four-star general– 2008
• A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck about 40 miles north of Ottawa near the Quebec-Ontario border– 2010
• Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk across the Grand Canyon on a wire– 2013