13th of July 1825. Residents of Hamden, Delaware, issue a challenge for a game of baseball against a town in Delaware County, with a $1 bet per game, at Edward B. Chace's house (The Delhi Gazette)
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13th of July 1775. Spanish explorers led by Heceta reached Point Grenville (Punta de los Mártires) in Washington. The Sonora, under Bodega y Quadra, separated and traded with Quinaults before a landing party was attacked, leading Heceta to return while Bodega continued north, mapping Alaska.
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13th of July 1775. The Second Continental Congress addressed the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, emphasizing a desire for the Confederacy's neutrality in the escalating conflict between the colonies and Great Britain.
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13th of July 1775. Letter To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.
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[July 13th, 1925] The Philadelphia Inquirer has moved to a new location and is now printing on the third floor of the Elverson Building using new linotype machines and gigantic presses. The first edition was being distributed throughout the city as people eagerly awaited its arrival.
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[July 13th, 1925] The Western Air Express, Inc. has filed articles of incorporation, taking the first step towards providing private airmail service and bidding for a Pacific coast airmail contract, aiming to reduce mail time between Salt Lake and Los Angeles.
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[July 13th, 1925] Austria is watching Germany's plan to valorize mortgages and pre-war stocks. Austria wants to avoid making revaluation a political issue, as it has in Germany, and plans a gradual valorization of pre-war debts.
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[July 13th, 1925] A train bound for Salt Lake City derailed east of Elko, Nevada, due to a "sun-kink" in the rails. 14 passengers were slightly injured and treated at a relief train before continuing to Salt Lake.
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[July 13th, 1925] Walt Disney married Lillian Marie Bounds in Lewiston, Idaho. The ceremony took place at her brother's home. Lillian, who worked as an inker and later a secretary at the Disney studio, married Walt after he had previously vowed not to marry until he was 25 and had $10,000 saved.
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[July 13th, 1925] The Venus of Dolní Věstonice, a 31,000-yr-old ceramic figurine, was discovered in two pieces in a central fireplace at Dolní Věstonice, Czech Republic.
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[July 13th, 1925] Using the Monk (Chicago Tribune)
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[July 13th, 1925] Metropolitan Basil of Nicaea has been elected ecumenical patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church, succeeding Constantinos. Meanwhile, Metropolitan Germanos of Sardis was attacked and had his hair and beard cut off.
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[July 13th, 1925] The Scopes trial resumed with Clarence Darrow delivering a dramatic speech defending evolution. Darrow accused the opposition of bigotry and warned of a threat to liberty. The courtroom was amazed by Darrow's daring words.
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12th of July 1825. Five figures of giants. Part of the procession in honor of St. Rumbold.
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12th of July 1775. Abigail Adams to John Adams
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12th of July 1775. Spanish explorers led by Bruno de Hezeta claimed Nueva Galicia (now Washington) for Spain, landing at what is now Grenville Bay. They were later ambushed by Quinault warriors, resulting in the deaths of seven Spanish crewmen.
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12th of July 1775. The Continental Congress allocated $500 to Dartmouth College to educate Native Americans
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[July 12th, 1925] The Bladensburg Peace Cross, a memorial to soldiers from Prince George's County who died in World War I, was first dedicated by the American Legion.
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[July 12th, 1925] It's Hard To Explain (Vancouver Province)
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[July 12th, 1925] The New Social Climber (El Paso Times)
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[July 12th, 1925] NHK Radio 1 began broadcasting in Japan, initially offering news, information, drama, and entertainment programs.
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[July 12th, 1925] Clifford F. Blair, a disabled war veteran, shot himself in his Los Angeles hotel room, after arriving from Arizona via taxi.
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[July 12th, 1925] Death On The Moonshine Trail
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