1698
Clean-cut Russians
Russia's Peter the Great levied a tax on bearded men.
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1774
The first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia.
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1836
The Republic of Texas made miltary hero Sam Houston its first president.
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1905
The Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War, was signed at the Portsmouth naval base in New Hampshire.
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1972
Palestinian guerrillas killed 11 Israelis at the Munich Summer Olympics.
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1997
Humanitarian Mother Teresa, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor, died in Calcutta, India, at age 87.
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