Milton S. Hershey founded Hershey’s Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.
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A nuclear disaster occurred at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, US.
Blacksmith, Patrick Lyon stole $162,821 in cash and gold from a vault at the Bank of Pennsylvania.
America's second president John Adams was inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The first US commercial bank, The Bank of North America, opened in Philadelphia.
Englishman William Penn founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
