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1142-Possible date for establishment of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) League [disputed date - other research places date between 1450 and 1660] 1854-A major outbreak of cholera occurs in Soho, London; physician John Snow calls it "the most terrible outbreak of cholera which ever occurred in this kingdom" 1888-The body of Jack the Ripper's first victim, Mary Ann Nichols, is found in Whitechapel in…

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