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Happy New Year! |
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Some anniversaries this year:
- 200 years: "Don't Give Up the Ship" (1813).
- 195 years: US flag is 13 red & white stripes (1818).
- 180 years: Chicago founded (1833).
- 175 years: First Oregon Trail wagon train (1838).
- 150 years: Battle of Gettysburg, US Civil War (1863).
- 145 years: Meiji Restoration, Japan (1868).
- 140 years: Canadian Mounties founded (1873).
- 120 years: Montana State University founded (1893).
- 115 years: Northeastern University founded (1898).
- 110 years: 1st World Series, Pirates vs Pilgrims (Red Sox) (1903).
- 100 years: Stainless steel invented (1913).
- 70 years: Pentagon office building opened (1943).
- 60 years: John and Caroline Kennedy married (1953).
- 50 years: John Kennedy assasinated (1963).
- 40 years: Yom Kippur War (1973).
- 30 years: Sally Ride: first US woman in space (1983).
- 10 years: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (2003).
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