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In 1821 Spain ceded ---------- to the United States. ?

In 1841 British humor magazine `---------- ' first published. ?

In 1850 Harvard Observatory takes first photograph of a star (---------- ). ?

In 1888 Shmuel---------- , Israeli novelist (Day Before Yesterday) (Nobel 1966), born. ?

In 1889 Erle Stanley---------- , writer, created Perry Mason, born. ?