Antonio Stradivari violin maker dies NJ becomes 3rd state British take Fort Niagara in the War of 1812 William Bond obtains 1st photograph of moon through a telescope 13th Amendment ratified slavery abolished Auto speed record set -- 63 kph Pres Wilson widowed the year before marries Edith Bolling Galt Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in 1st NFL playoff game Uruguay joined UN Japan admitted to the UN 1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day) India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa Damao and Diu Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII Britain abolished death penalty 1st Candlelight Processional Diana Lynn dies at 45 US began its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam Soyuz 13 launched into earth orbit for 8 days SF Visitors Center at City Hall opens Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin suffered a fatal heart attack at 76 UN Security Council unanimously condemns `acts of hostage-taking
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