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1915

The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.

1907

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.

1930 one year conscription comes into force in france

1863

The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.

1807

The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the…

The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the War of the Fourth Coalition.

1534

Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.

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1948

The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called the Women's Air Force (WAF).

1912

Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in…

Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.

1889

The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.

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1776

Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the…

Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.

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1497

Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.

1961

Greece becomes the first member state to join the European Economic Community by signing the Athens Agreement, which…

Greece becomes the first member state to join the European Economic Community by signing the Athens Agreement, which is later suspended in 1967 during the Greek junta.