In 1512, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida.
In 1625, Charles I, king of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascended the throne upon the death of James I.
In 1794, President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy.
In 1836, the first Mormon temple was dedicated, in Kirtland, Ohio.
In 1860, M.L. Byrn of New York City patented a corkscrew.
In 1884, the first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York.
In 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. team to win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Montreal Canadiens.
In 1977, 582 people were killed in aviation's worst disaster when a KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off, crashed into a PanAm 747 on a runway on the Canary Island of Tenerife.
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"An overdue rent payment brings the landlord faster than a plugged-up sink."