1974 … Thirty-two women, the first female cohort, join the ranks of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Today, women make up around one fifth of the police officers in the RCMP.
1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
1620 … English colonists aboard the Mayflower set sail for America, where they founded Plymouth, Massachusetts, after 41 men, including William Bradford and Myles Standish, signed the Mayflower Compact.
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