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1. In 1638, the first official mint in the United States was established in Boston.
2. In 1775, during the American Revolutionary War, British troops captured and burned the town of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
3. In 1848, a crowd in Boston gathered to protest the Mexican-American War, which they believed was being fought to expand slavery. This protest is known as the Boston Revolt.
4. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln's body lay in state at Boston's Faneuil Hall on its journey from Washington D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois.
5. In 1957, the Boston Celtics won their first NBA Championship, defeating the St. Louis Hawks 125-123 in double overtime in Game 7.
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