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• 1752 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
• 1790 – The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
• 1794 – The first session of the United States Senate open to the public is held.
• 1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
• 1943 – General Dwight Eisenhower (pictured) is selected to command the allied armies in Europe as part of World War II.
• 1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Time: 05:38 UTC   Date: July 13

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Events

• 1752 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
• 1790 – Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
• 1794 – First session of United States Senate open to the public.
• 1808 – Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
• 1809 – Robert Fulton files a patent for improvements to steamboat navigation.
• 1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
• 1861 – American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
• 1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
• 1937 – A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.
• 1939 – A Lockheed XP-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
• 1941 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
• 1943 – World War II: General Dwight Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
• 1953 – President Dwight Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
• 1971 – Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in international waters.
• 1973 – Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
• 1990 – Buster Douglas, a 42 to 1 underdog, deals Mike Tyson his first professional loss with the largest upset in boxing history and becomes the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
• 1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.