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1737Violin maker Antonio Stradivari died in Cremona, Italy. 1787New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. 1865Slavery was abolished with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. 1892Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" premiered at St. Petersburg's Maryinksy Theatre. 1944The Supreme Court upheld the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans. 1956Japan was admitted to the United Nations. 1957The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania became the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States. 1969The British Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder. 2000George W. Bush received 271 votes in the delayed Electoral College balloting. 
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