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Events

• Battle of Gettysburg began– 1863
• Dominion of Canada was created by the British North America Act; the Dominion consisted of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Lower and Upper Canada– 1867
• John A. Macdonald became the first prime minister of Canada– 1867
• Prince Edward Island joined the Canadian Confederation– 1873
• First U.S. zoo opened, with bear pit and lion house, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania– 1874
• Lincoln Highway Association formed to create first coast-to-coast U.S. highway– 1913
• First sales tax in U.S. began in West Virginia– 1921
• First Piano Concerto by Bela Bartok premiered in Frankfurt, Germany– 1927
• Bulova Watch company sponsored the first television commercial– 1941
• Intelligence and Security Branch of U.S. Army established– 1962
• Zip codes introduced for U.S. mail– 1963
• Medicare went into effect– 1966
• O Canada officially became the national anthem of Canada– 1980
• After a seven-year journey, NASA’s Cassini probe became the first spacecraft ever to orbit the giant ringed planet Saturn– 2004
• Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, announced that she was retiring from the bench after 24 years– 2005
• Andy Pettitte broke Whitey Ford’s record for career strikeouts as a New York Yankees pitcher after striking out his 1,958th batter– 2013