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On being appointed in 1647 director general of New Amsterdam, later renamed New York, what did iron-willed, short-tempered, puritanical Peter Stuyvesant, who had lost a leg in battle, say to the inhabitants of the unruly and essentially lawless town, as regards his methods of administration?
1705 – A fire in Oulu, northern Finland, almost completely destroys the southern fourth district, by far the largest of the city districts. 1871 – British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada. 1951 – King Abdullah of Jordan is shot dead outside the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. More at: History
