In 1841, China ceded the island of Hong Kong to the British.  In 1885, LaMarcus Thompson patented the first roller coaster.  In 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union was founded.  In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn into office for an unprecedented fourth term. 

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