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1775

The Battles of Lexington and Concord occur, commencing hostilities in the American War for Independence

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1824

George Gordon, Lord Byron dies

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1832

José Echegaray is born

1900

Richard Hughes is born

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1931

Etheridge Knight is born

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1936

Sharon Pollock is born

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1947

Jackie Robinson becomes the first black to play major league baseball, joining the Brooklyn Dodgers

Explore: Jackie Robinson's influence on sports and the civil rights movement

1955

Neil Bissoondath is born

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1989

Daphne Du Maurier dies

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1998

Octavio Paz dies

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