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-- 1875 - The Nettie Fox, the largest steamer on Chautauqua Lake, was launched. Later renamed Jamestown (not to be confused with the modern vessel).
-- 1954 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. spoke at the Viking Temple in Jamestown.
-- 1969 - Demolition of Brooklyn Square began under urban renewal. The Gifford Building was among the first to go (it had replaced the earlier Ford Block).
-- 1996 - The Ironstone Restaurant in Jamestown reopened.
-- 1997 - A two-headed calf was born in Russell, Pa., at 9:30 p.m.; it died the next day.