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1790 – The first boat specializing as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne in northern England. 1847 – Yerba Buena, Calif., is renamed San Francisco. 1911 – The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea, saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba. 1933 – Adolf Hitler is sworn-in as chancellor of Germany.