1787 - This is the day when New Jersey was counted as the third state to enter the United States of America.
1865 - “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, save as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist in the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” With these words, slavery was abolished in the United States.
1935 - A $1 silver certificate was issued. It was the first currency to depict the front and back sides of the Great Seal of the United States.
1961 - The Tokens celebrated their first #1 hit single. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" ("Wimoweh" for you purists) was a chart topper for four weeks in a row.
1997 - A unique bridge-and-tunnel expressway across Tokyo Bay opened. The Trans-Tokyo Bay Motorway was named the Tokyo Bay Aqualine, a toll highway that spans the narrowest gap of Tokyo Bay.
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