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  1. 1833
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  3. February 25 - The Congressional Temperance Society of America is formed to stop the use of alcohol.
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  5. April 9 - The first free public library in the U.S. is established in Peterboro, New Hampshire.
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  7. September 4 - Barney Flaherty becomes the first known U.S. newsboy after he was hired by the New York Sun to peddle papers.
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  9. December 3 - The first co-educational college in America, Oberlin College, opens in Ohio.
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