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1461 King Henry VI was deposed by his cousin Edward, Duke of York (who became King Edward IV).

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1789 the Congress of the United States held its first meeting in New York.

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1824 the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck was founded (from 1854, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

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1890 the last of eight million rivets holding together 55,000 tons of steel was driven home at the opening ceremony of the Forth Bridge.