1774 - First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.
1824 - Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement (Yorkshire, England)
1878 - German republic chancellor Bismarck declares end of "Socialism"
1917 - 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I: US troops enter front lines at Sommervillier under French command
1987 - Nobel prize for economy awarded to Robert M Solow
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