Event:
1785 Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to his daughter, writes of his disappointment with the selection of the eagle as the symbol of the United States. He felt that since the turkey was a native bird of North America that it would have been a better choice.
1788 Great Britain establishes the prison colony of New South Wales, the first permanent European settlement on the continent.
Birth:
1763 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, King Charles XIV of Sweden and Norway from 1818-1844.
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For a Spiral Bound book with information on events that happened on each day of the year during the American Revolutionary Period goto: American Revolutionary Period: 1760-1789
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