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1844 - Ambassador Caleb Cushing successfully negotiated a commercial treaty with China that opened five Chinese ports to U.S. merchants and protected the rights of American citizens in China.

1880 - "Science" began publication. Thomas Edison had provided the principle funding.

1901 - The Wild Bunch, led by Butch Cassidy, committed its last American robbery they took $65,000 from a Great Northern train.

1944 - During World War II, Soviet forces recaptured Minsk.

1954 - Food rationing ended in Great Britain almost nine years after the end of World War II.


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