1700 - Massachusetts orders priest to leave the colony
1769 - Design of Madonnina statue chosen, symbol of the city of Milan that stands atop spire of the Cathedral, designed by sculptor Giuseppe Perego
1837 - Charles Goodyear obtains his first rubber patent
1950 - 1st kidney transplant (Chicago)
1966 - Peter Green, British blues-rock guitartist joins John Mayall's Bluebreakers

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