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Events

• Future Canadian prime minister (Sir) John A. Macdonald married Susan A. Bernard– 1867
• Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks founded in NYC– 1868
• Canadian Pacific Railway Company incorporated– 1881
• Ladies Home Journal was published for the first time– 1883
• First fruit tree patent (for a peach) issued in the United States– 1932
• Nylon (“Linear Condensation Polymers”) patented – 1937
• Fidel Castro became prime minister of Cuba– 1959
• The nation’s first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated, in Haleyville, Alabama– 1968
• Basketball player Wilt Chamberlain scored his 30,000th point in a game between the Lakers and the Suns. He was the first player in NBA history to amass 30,000 points– 1972
• A scrapbook with locks of hair from the first 12 U.S. presidents went on display at The Academy of Natural Science– 2008
• 250-hour, 3-minute, 20-second ice hockey marathon ended, Saiker’s Acres, Alberta– 2015