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On June 3, 1621, the Dutch West India Co. received a charter for New Netherlands, now known as New York.
In 1808 Confederate President Jefferson Davis was born in Christian (now Todd) County, Ky.
In 1861 Sen. Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln`s foe in the famous debates, died at age 48 in Tremont House in Chicago.
In 1962 130 people died in the crash of an Air France Boeing 707 in Paris.
In 1963 Pope John XXIII died at age 81.
In 1965 astronaut Edward White became the first American to walk in space during the Gemini 4 mission with Jim McDivitt.
In 1973 a Soviet supersonic airliner crashed during an international air show near Paris, killing six crewmen and seven French villagers.
