Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston 1st coffee planted in Hawaii Gadsden Purchase 45 000 sq miles by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million. Area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico 602 die as flames swept through Iroquois Theater in Chicago Grigori Rasputin Russian monk advisor to tsarina is assassinated USSR organized as a federation Edwin Hubble announces existence of other Milky Way systems Italian bombers destroyed Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia Electronic television system patented VK Zworykin Long Island NHL franchise purchased (NY Islanders) Pres Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks Democratic Republic of Madagascar founded
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