Monday, June 22, 2026
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Misc. History
1700 - Russia gave up its Black Sea fleet as part of a truce with the Ottoman Empire.
1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention that he called a "Type-Writer."
1904 - The first American motorboat race got underway on the Hudson River in New York.
1926 - The first lip reading tournament in America was held in Philadelphia, PA.
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