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1775-1789
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1775
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First newspaper produced in Worcester |
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1786
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First rebellion against the United States government (Shays' Rebellion) |
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1788
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Isaiah Thomas prints the first dictionary published in America |
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1789
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William Hill Brown published The Power of Sympathy, regarded as the first American novel. |
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1807-1850
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1807
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Worcester to Boston road opened |
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1812
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American Antiquarian Society founded by Isaiah Thomas |
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1826
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Construction of Blackstone Canal began |
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1828
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Blackstone Canal opened |
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1834
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Worcester Academy founded |
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1835
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Boston & Worcester Railroad opened |
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1840
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Monkey wrench invented by Loring Coes of Coes Knife Co. |
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1843
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Charles Thurber patents the first modern-day typewriter |
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1843
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College of the Holy Cross founded |
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1845
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First High School built on Walnut Street |
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1847
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First telegraph offices in Worcester opened |
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1847
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Providence & Worcester Railroad opened |
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1848
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Blackstone canal closed |
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1850
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National Woman's Rights Convention held October 23 and 24. The first national convention of women advocating women's suffrage |
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1853-1898
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1853
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Hope Cemetery chartered |
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1854
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Elm Park deeded to the city of Worcester |
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1855
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Joshua Stoddard patents the first steam calliope |
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1858
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First Worcester Music Festival |
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1859
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First inter-collegiate regatta on Lake Quinsigamond |
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1861
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Free Public Library opened on Elm Street. |
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1865
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) founded |
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1873
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Chamber of Commerce organized |
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1874
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Worcester State College founded |
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1875
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Worcester Society of Antiquity founded, now the Worcester Historical Museum |
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1876
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Samuel Frost was the last man to be hanged in Worcester |
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1879
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First use of telephone in the city |
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1880
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J. Lee Richmond of the Worcesters pitched the first perfect game in major league baseball history |
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1882
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First major league baseball game double-header played between Providence and Worcester |
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1883
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First use of electricity for street lighting in Worcester |
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1887
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Clark University founded |
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1887
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Becker Junior College founded (Leicester campus opened in 1784) |
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1893
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Electric trolleys first used in Worcester |
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1895
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Henry Perky first mass produces shredded wheat |
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1898
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Present City Hall dedicated |
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1902-1949
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1902
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Albert A. Michelson, chairman of Clark University's Physics Department, named America's first Nobel Prize Winner |
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1904
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Assumption College founded |
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1908
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Boys Trade School opened |
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1911
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First airplane flight over Worcester |
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1914
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Dr. Robert H. Goddard patented the first liquid fuel rocket |
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1921
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First Graduate School of Geography opened at Clark University |
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1926
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Robert H. Goddard, a professor at Clark University, fired his first rocket in nearby Auburn |
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1932
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Lake Quinsigamond bridge opened by the Prince of Wales |
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1944
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Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology opens |
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1949
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Worcester receives All America City Award for first time |
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1953-2000
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1953
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The June tornado strikes Worcester killing 94 |
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1957
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Birth Control Pill developed by Gregory Pincas, Ph.D. and Min Chueh Chang, Ph.D. at Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology in nearby town of Shrewsbury (approved by the FDA in 1960) |
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1959
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First reproducible mammalian in vitro fertilization achieved by Min Chueh Chang, Ph.D. at Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology in nearby town of Shrewsbury |
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1960
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All America City Award received for second time |
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1961
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Worcester Industrial Technical Institute founded |
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1962
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The University of Massachusetts (UMass) Center opened |
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1962
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Near East Food Products began as Hannah Kalajian began packaging her well-known Rice Pilaf. |
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1963
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Harvey Ball designs the world famous Smiley face |
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1963
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Quinsigamond Community College established |
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1965
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All America City Award received for third time |
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1970
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UMass Medical School accepted its first class |
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1971
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Worcester Center Galleria opens |
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1976
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Worcester took part in the nationwide celebration on the nation's 200th anniversary |
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1980
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All America City Award received for fourth time |
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1982
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Worcester Centrum opened |
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1982
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Sara Robertson, chosen first woman mayor of Worcester |
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1985
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Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives (MBI) founded |
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1994
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Worcester Common Fashion Outlets opened at the former Galleria. |
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1997
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Worcester's Centrum Centre opened |
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1999
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Worcester Cold Storage fire kills 6 Worcester firemen |
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2000
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) opened Worcester campus |
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2000
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All America City Award received for fifth time |
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