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Events

• Townshend Revenue Acts passed by British parliament, establishing duties on tea, glass, paint, oil, lead, and paper imported into American colonies– 1767
• San Francisco was founded– 1776
• Last stone placed for second lighthouse to be built at Minot’s Ledge, Massachusetts– 1860
• Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, containing prehistoric cliff dwellings, established by an act of Congress– 1906
• Bill Haley and His Comets reached the top of the pop music charts with Rock Around the Clock”“– 1955
• The Rooms cultural facility opened in St. John’s in Newfoundland and Labrador– 2005