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1642 York, Maine becomes the first incorporated American city.

1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are arrested for the supposed practice of witchcraft in Salem, Mass.

1776 French minister Charles Gravier advises his Spanish counterpart to support the American rebels against the English.

1780 Pennsylvania becomes the first U.S. state to abolish slavery.

1803 Ohio becomes the 17th state to join the Union.

1808 In France, Napoleon creates an imperial nobility.

1815 Napoleon lands at Cannes, France, returning from exile on Elba, with a force of 1,500 men and marches on Paris.

1871 German troops enter Paris, France, during the Franco-Prussian War.

1875 Congress passes the Civil Rights Act, which is invalidated by the Supreme Court in 1883.

1912 Albert Berry completes the first in-flight parachute jump, from a Benoist plane over Kinlock Field in St. Louis, Missouri.

JOTD:As an airplane is about to crash, a female passenger jumps up frantically and announces, "If I'm going to die, I want to die feeling like a woman." She removes all her clothing and asks, "Is there someone on this plane who is man enough to make me feel like a woman?" A man stands up, removes his shirt and says, "Here, iron this!".