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1493 Christopher Columbus arrives at the Caribbee Isles (Dominica) during his second expedition.

1507 Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint Lisa Gherardini ("Mona Lisa".

1529 The first parliament for five years opens in England and the Commons put forward bills against abuses amongst the clergy and in the church courts.

1794 Thomas Paine is released from a Parisian jail with help from the American ambassador James Monroe. He was arrested for having offended the Robespierre faction.

1813 American troops destroy the Indian village of Tallushatchee in the Mississippi Valley.

1868 Ulysses S. Grant elected the 18th president of the United States.

1883 A poorly trained Egyptian army, led by British General William Hicks, marches toward El Obeid in the Sudan–straight into a Mahdist ambush and massacre.

1883 The U.S. Supreme Court declares American Indians to be "dependent aliens."

1892 First automatic telephone exchange goes into operation in La Porte, Indiana.

1896 William McKinley is elected 25th president of the United States.

1912 The first all-metal plane flies near Issy, France, piloted by Ponche and Prinard.

1918 The German fleet at Kiel mutinies. This is the first act leading to Germany's capitulation in World War I.

1921 Milk drivers on strike dump thousands of gallons of milk onto New York City's streets.

1935 Left-wing groups in France form the Socialist and Republican Union.

1957 The Soviet Union launches Sputnik II with the dog Laika, the first animal in space, aboard.

1964 For the first time residents of Washington, D.C., are allowed to vote in a presidential election.

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