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1980- Phillies win their 1st World Championship in their 98-year history

1774- 1st Continental Congress makes Declaration of Colonial Rights in Philadelphia

1737- A cyclone causes 40 foot waves that are believed to have killed 300,000 in Calcutta, India

1934- Babe Ruth’s final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3

1962- ABC’s 1st color TV series – The Jetsons by Hanna-Barbera first broadcast

1978- 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar, Iran

1776- Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (from the United Colonies)

1965- Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his MLB 400th career HR

1873- First free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri

1909- Indianapolis 500 race track opens