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This year in history
In the year 1868

	February 11th	French physicist, Leon Foucault, died at the age of 48. He is best known for having invented the Foucault pendulum. He also invented the gyroscope and discovered eddy currents.
	March 22nd	American physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Robert Millikan, was born in Illinois.
	March 24th	One of the worlds largest and most known insurance companies, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, was formed.
	March 28th	Russian author, Maxim Gorky, was born in Novgorod, Russia. He was one of the most highly acclaimed literary figures of his time and friend of Vladimir Lenin. He was a controversial figure, supportive and yet critical of the Soviet Communist regime.
	June 29th	American astronomer, George Ellery Hale, was born in Chicago. He was one of the most prominent astronomers of the late 19th and early 20th century. He invented the spectroheliograph.
	July 25th	Wyoming became part of the United States
	July 28th	The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted. The amendment guaranteed that African Americans were granted full citizenship of the United States.
	October 28th	American inventor Thomas Edison applied for the patent for an electric vote recorder.
	December 25th	In Japan, shogunate rebels, established the Ezo Republic on the island of Hokkaido.

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