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In 1565, the city of Rio de Janeiro was founded by Portuguese knight Estacio de Sa.
In 1790, President George Washington signed a measure authorizing the first U.S. Census.
In 1815, Napoleon, having escaped exile in Elba, arrived in Cannes, France, and headed for Paris to begin his “Hundred Days” rule.
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In 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state.
In 1890, J.P. Lippincott published the first U.S. edition of the Sherlock Holmes mystery “A Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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