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1798 British seamen board the U.S. frigate Baltimore and impress a number of crewmen as alleged deserters, a practice that contributed to the War of 1812.

1813 The British announce a blockade of Long Island Sound, leaving only the New England coast open to shipping.

1821 Trader William Becknell reaches Santa Fe, N.M., on the route that will become known as the Santa Fe Trail.

1846 General Zachary Taylor takes Saltillo, Mexico.

1864 Union General William T. Sherman departs Atlanta and begins his "March to the Sea."

1892 King Behanzin of Dahomey (now Benin), leads soldiers against the French.

1902 A cartoon appears in the Washington Star, prompting the Teddy Bear Craze, after President Teddy Roosevelt refused to kill a captive bear tied up for him to shoot during a hunting trip to Mississippi.

1907 The Indian and Oklahoma territories are unified to make Oklahoma, which becomes the 46th state.

1913 Swann's Way, the first volume of Marcel Proust's 7-part novel Remembrance of Things Past, is published.

1920 Metered mail is born in Stamford, Connecticut with the first Pitney Bowes postage meter.