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1737-Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys Calcutta, India
1797-British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, the Netherlands
1811-The Juliana, the first steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation
1922-First woman FBI special investigator appointed (Alaska Davidson)
1936-"Professor Quiz," first radio quiz show, premieres
1945-Chinese civil war begins
1967-"Yoko Plus Me" art exhibit opens in London (the me is John Lennon)
1968-Panama revolts
1975-"Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin
1977-Soyuz 25 returns to Earth
1980-Cosmonauts Popov and Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days
1986-Reagan, Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
1987-200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington
1990-Octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for Literature
1991-Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her
