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1931 Philadelphia Quakers defeat Montreal, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak

1931 Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses

1788 Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves

1770 Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia

1756 Quakers leave assembly of Pennsylvania

1691 George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66

1688 Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pennsylvania

1673 Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers

1657 1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (New York)

1656 U.S. colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers

1656 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested)


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