1653 New Amsterdam becomes a city (later renamed New York)
1738 Young George Whitefield departs for Georgia, intending to become a permanent missionary to the American colony.
1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican–American War: US acquires Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona for $15 million
1876 The first missionary to Brazil of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South), John James Ransom, arrives in Rio de Janeiro. He will serve in the state of São Paulo for ten years, founding churches, schools, and a publishing house—building a successful work that will thrive into the twenty-first century.
1901 Queen Victoria’s Funeral takes place in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, England
1922 James Joyce’s “Ulysses” published in Paris (1,000 copies)
1943 German 6th Army surrenders after Battle of Stalingrad in a major turning point in Europe during World War II
1971 Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote and appoints himself President (dictator) of Uganda
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1974 Barbra Streisand’s 1st #1 hit, “The Way We Were”
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2014 Super Bowl XLVIII, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ: Seattle Seahawks beat Denver Broncos, 42-8; MVP: Malcolm Smith, Seattle, LB
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1935 Leonarde Keeler first uses his polygraph machine on criminals later convicted of assault on its findings in Portage, Wisconsin
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1892 Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe & Frank Crosby
