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- 1754 - Kings College opened in New York City. It was renamed Columbia College 30 years later.
- 1846 - U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.
- 1930 - Construction began on Boulder Dam, later Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River.
- 1937 - Japanese forces invaded China.
- 1950 - The U.N. Security Council authorized military aid for South Korea.
- 1969 - Canada's House of Commons gave final approval to a measure that made the French language equal to English throughout the national government.
- 1981 - U.S. President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1994 - Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in Seattle, Washington under the name "Cadabra."
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