Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) Benjamin Frankin begins publication of "Poor Richards Almanack" Vitus Bering Dutch navigator and explorer died Thomas Paine publishes his 1st `American Crisis essay Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge Pa for the winter US recognized independence of Hawaii Charles Dickens publishes `A Christmas Carol in England Grading started for Market Street RR Battle of Black Water Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek Penn British Broadcasting Corp. began transmitting overseas Electric Home and Farm Authority Inc authorized War broke out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacked French Gen. Eisenhower named NATO commander The Music Man starring Robert Preston opens on Broadway Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp Apollo 17 returns to Earth Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st VP Nellie Tayloe Ross 1st woman governor dies at 101 Fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people USSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile
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Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)