Jake Day :)!!!!!!

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Across
  1. 4. 1777: The Articles of ____ were submitted to Congress
  2. 6. This good fella is born in Flushing
  3. 8. 1800: The first session of Congress is held here
  4. 9. 2022: She steps down as first female house speaker
  5. 12. Birthday Buddy, a state holiday in NJ!
  6. 15. This nation is coup-ed by General 'Scarface'
  7. 16. This movie "sucks", but it was released on your day!
  8. 17. 1989 The Velvet Revolution begins here after the fall of the Berlin Wall
Down
  1. 1. 2003: This machine of a man becomes 'Governator' of California
  2. 2. This AI CEO is ousted
  3. 3. This famous canal opened in 1869
  4. 5. Jake's Meteor Shower
  5. 7. You are President of
  6. 10. Empire that falls
  7. 11. 1970 This extension for computer invented
  8. 13. This famous Queen rises to the throne in England
  9. 14. 1973: He cries "I'm not a crook!"