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41 – Roman Emperor Caligula (pictured) was brutally murdered by Cassius Chaerea and the disgruntled Praetorian Guards. Caligula's uncle Claudius was proclaimed emperor in his place.
1639 – The Fundamental Orders, the first written constitution in North American history, was adopted in Connecticut.
1848 – James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, leading to the California Gold Rush.
1857 – The University of Calcutta, the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent, was established in Calcutta, India.
1984 – The first Apple Macintosh, today known as the Macintosh 128K, went on sale, becoming the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface rather than a command line interface.

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