Colonel Harland Sanders founded KFC in North Corbin, Kentucky.
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The Great Fire of Boston destroyed 349 buildings.
Researchers discovered molecules on people's skin that are early warning signs of Parkinson's disease, aided by a woman's nose.
The Civil and Women's Rights Activist Dorothy Height wrote her first column in the African-American newspaper 'New York Amsterdam News.'
The Dutch East India Company was established.
Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars came into alignment. Medieval scholars believed this phenomenon brought forth the Black Death.