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Misc. History
1614 - American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
1792 - U.S. President George Washington cast the first presidential veto. The measure was for apportioning representatives among the states.
1843 - Queen Victoria proclaimed Hong Kong to be a British crown colony.
1955 - Winston Churchill resigned as British prime minister.
1985 - An estimated 5,000 radio stations around the world simultaneously played the song "We Are the World."
1998 - The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan opened becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. It links Shikoku and Honshu. The bridge cost about $3.8 billion.
| A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy. - Guy Fawkes, justifying his Gunpowder Plot. |
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