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This year in history
In the year 1785

	January 13th	The first issue of the 'Daily Universal Register' was published by John Walter. In 1788 the newspaper was renamed to 'The Times', the name under which it is still published today (2006).
	July 6th	The dollar was chosen as the monetary unit of the United States.

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