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This year in history
In the year 1857

	February 16th	Gallaudet University was established in Washington, DC. It was the first school offering advanced education of the deaf and is still the world's only university in which all courses are designed to accommodate the deaf and hard of hearing.
	March 21st	An Earthquake in Tokyo, Japan killed over 100,000 people.
	March 23th	The first elevator was installed at 488 Broadway, New York City by Elisha Otis.
	September 13th	American entrepreneur, Milton S. Hershey, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was the founder of what is still today one of the largest confectionery business in the world and a name that is synonymous with chocolate.
	October 24th	The football club, Sheffield F.C., was founded in Sheffield, England. It is one of the worlds first football clubs and the oldest one still in existence.

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