During the Battle of Princeton, British forces were defeated in New Jersey by George Washington’s revolutionary army.
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Alaska became the 49th State to join the United States of America.
Workers began construction on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
The Apple Computer Company became Apple Computers Inc.
Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tried to fly his famous Flying Machine invention for the first time.
Roman Emperor Decius ordered everyone in the Roman Empire to make sacrifices to the Roman gods.
