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1829 - The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.

1849 - The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.

1871 - In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.

1873 - A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery.

1888 - The Football League is formed.

1894 - The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.

1895 - First display (a private screening) of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière.

1923 - The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt.

1933 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine.

1939 - World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.