1787: Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US Constitution
1796: English country doctor Edward Jenner administers the first inoculation against smallpox, using cowpox pus, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire
1804: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition commissioned by Thomas Jefferson sets out from St Louis for Pacific Coast
1948: Israel declares independence from British administration
Source: Onthisday.com
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