Queen Anne knighted Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
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The Argentinian city of Salta was founded as an outpost between Buenos Aires, Peru, and Lima.
A total of 662 Charlie Chaplin lookalikes gathered at the Chaplin Museum in Vevey, Switzerland.
Abraham Lincoln outlawed business with the Confederate States during the Civil War.
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel in an airplane.
George Washington started his 220-mile journey to become the first President of the United States.
