1968
"Won't you be my neighbor?"
The first nationwide broadcast of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood aired on PBS.
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1674
The Netherlands and England signed the Peace of Westminster, by which New Amsterdam passed to the English (and was renamed New York).
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1807
Aaron Burr, vice president under Thomas Jefferson, was arrested for treason. He was later acquitted.
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1878
Thomas Edison patented the gramophone (phonograph).
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1942
President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that resulted in the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast.
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1945
The U.S. Marines went ashore at Iwo Jima.
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1959
Britain, Turkey, and Greece signed the agreement granting Cyprus independence.
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1997
Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader, died.
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2008
Fidel Castro resigned as President of Cuba after 49 years in power. Raúl Castro, Fidel's brother, succeeded him as president.
