There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
— Robert A. Heinlein
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In 1730, Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, was dedicated.
In 1820, the Venus de Milo was discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.
In 1886, William Ewart Gladstone introduced the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
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