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- 1881
Clara Barton establishes the American Red Cross View Post →
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- 1819
First US bicycles, known as swift walkers, introduced in NYC View Post →
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- 1846
Hawaii welcomes its first steamship
- 2005
World's tallest roller coaster, Kingda Ka, opens at Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey
- 2007
Fire severely damages the Cutty Sark, last surviving tea clipper, in Greenwich, England
- 1959
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens in Ohio
- 1908
Silent film Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, the first American horror movie, debuts in Chicago
- 1918
Women's right to vote passes in the US House of Representatives
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