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Events
- 1635 - First public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1940 - The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university. see main article Columbia University protests of 1968
- 1985 - Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. (The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.)
- 1987 - 28 construction workers die when the L'Ambiance Plaza apartment building collapses while under construction in Bridgeport, Connecticut.