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1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stamford_Raffles#Establishment

1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam#1625.E2.80.931674

1876 – A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the “Molly Maguires”, to disband. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Maguires#The_trials

1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2 – Ham the Chimp travels into outer space. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_the_Chimp#Training_and_mission

1951 – Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site

1808 – Rum Rebellion, the only successful armed takeover of the government in Australia. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_Rebellion

1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoichi_Yokoi#War_years_and_post-war_survival

1882, A.A. Milne, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, is born. Source:  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/aa-milne-is-born

1929 – Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thimble_Theatre

1605 – The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain. Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote