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3 Events?
1582 – Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
1831 – The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
1938 – A nylon-bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product (DuPont) to be made with nylon yarn.
2 Births
1304 – Ibn Battuta, explorer
1786 – Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1859)
1 Death
1810 – Henry Cavendish, English scientist (b. 1756)
Holiday or Observance?
Problem with Birth and deaths is that the lists in more recent dates is dominated by Americans.