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The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)
Verified Real 1954Dallas, Tex. (AP)—A woman reported to police that her husband had disappeared with her Chihuahua puppy. 'I don't care if my husband ever comes back,' she explained. 'I just want to find my dog.'
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Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following night.
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The Italian tricolour was first adopted as an official flag by the government of the Cispadane Republic.
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The Bank of North America (pictured) opened in Philadelphia as the de facto first central bank of the United States.
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