1733The first polar bear was exhibited in America, in Boston. 1778Captain James Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). 1782Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire. 1788The First Fleet, carrying convicts and sheep, arrived in Australia's Botany Bay. 1912The ill-fated Scott expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover Amundsen had been there first. 1943The Nazi siege of Leningrad was broken. 1993All 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. 
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