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1891 |
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Britain became linked to the continent of Europe by telephone. |
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1909 |
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Einar Dessau of Denmark used a short wave transmitter to become the first person to broadcast as a "ham" operator. |
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1970 |
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The U.S. Postal Service experienced the first postal strike. |
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1989 |
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12 paintings were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The value was $100 million making it the largest art robbery in history. |
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1992 |
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Leona Hemsly was sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax evasion. |
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1963 |
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France performed an underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria. |
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1987 |
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The U.S. performed nuclear tests at a Nevada test site. |
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1921 |
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The steamer "Hong Koh" ran aground off of Swatow China. Over 1,000 people were killed.
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1937 |
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More than 400 people, mostly children, were killed in a gas explosion at a school in New London, TX. |
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1953 |
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An earthquake hit West Turkey killing 250 people. |
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1971 |
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A landslide in Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru, killed 200. |
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1980 |
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The Vostok rocket exploded on the launch pad killing 50. |
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1997 |
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A Russian AN-24 crashed killing 50 people. |
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1835 |
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Charles Darwin left Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass. |
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1899 |
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Phoebe, a moon of the planet Saturn, was discovered. |
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1965 |
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Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first man to spacewalk when he left the Voskhod II space capsule while in orbit around the Earth. He was outside the spacecraft for about 20 minutes. |
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1989 |
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A 4,400-year-old mummy was discovered at the Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. |
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1922 |
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Princeton and Yale played the first intercollegiate indoor polo championship. |
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1940 |
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The soap opera "Light of the World" was first heard on NBC radio. |
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RKO Pictures was sold for $23,489,478. It became the first motion picture studio to be owned by an individual. The person was Howard Hughes. |
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The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’ will and proclaims Caligula emperor. |
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1905 |
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Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt were married. |
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1913 |
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Greek King George I was killed by an assassin. Constantine I succeeded him. |
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1922 |
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Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience in India. He served only 2 years of the sentence. |
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1986 |
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Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Prince Andrew to Sarah Ferguson. |
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1938 |
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New York first required serological blood tests of pregnant women. |
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1952 |
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In Philadelphia, PA, the first plastic lenses were fitted for a cataract patient. |
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1850 |
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Henry Wells & William Fargo founded American Express. |
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1954 |
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RKO Pictures was sold for $23,489,478. It became the first motion picture studio to be owned by an individual. The person was Howard Hughes. |
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1961 |
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The Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy was introduced. |
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1966 |
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Scott Paper began selling paper dresses for $1. |
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1919 |
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The Order of DeMolay was established in Kansas City. The youth organization is dedicated to teaching young men to be better persons and leaders. |
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1942 |
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The third military draft began in the U.S. because of World War 2. |
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1979 |
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Iranian authorities detained American feminist Kate Millett. The next day she was deported. |
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1994 |
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Zsa Zsa Gabor filed for bankruptcy. |
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1123 |
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The first Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opened in Rome. |
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1692 |
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William Penn was deprived of his governing powers. |
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1865 |
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The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourned for the last time. |
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1906 |
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In Morocco, it was reported that France and Germany were in a deadlock at the Algeciras Conference. |
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1921 |
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Poland was enlarged with the second Peace of Riga. |
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1948 |
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France, Great Britain, and Benelux signed the Treaty of Brussels. |
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1949 |
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was ratified. |
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1966 |
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The government of Indonesia was formed by General Suharto. |
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1977 |
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Vietnam turned over an MIA to a U.S. delegation. |
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1981 |
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The U.S. disclosed that there were biological weapons tested in Texas in 1966. |
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1990 |
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The first free elections took place in East Germany. |
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2003 |
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China's new president, Hu Jintao, announced that his country must deepen reforms and raise living standards of workers and farmers.
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1903: France dissolved the Catholic religious orders. |
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1900: Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club) was formed. |
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1922: Princeton and Yale played the first intercollegiate indoor polo championship. |
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1945: Maurice "Rocket" Richard became the first National Hockey League (NHL) player to score 50 goals. |
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1970: The NFL selected Wilson to be the official football and scoreboard as official time. |
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1981: The Buffalo Sabres set an NHL record when they scored 9 goals in one period against Toronto. |
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1990: The 32-day lockout of baseball players ended. |
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1990: In Tampa, FL, a little league player was killed after being hit with a pitch. |
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1813 |
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David Melville patented the gas streetlight. |
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1931 |
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Schick Inc. displayed the first electric shaver. |
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1881 |
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Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opened in Madison Square Gardens. |
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1910: The first opera by a U.S. composer performed at the Met in New York City. |
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1963: "Tovarich" opened at the Broadway Theater in New York City for 264 performances. |
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1541 |
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Hernando de Soto observed the first recorded flood of the Mississippi River. |
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1532 |
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The English parliament banned payments by English church to Rome. |
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1766 |
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Britain repealed the Stamp Act. |
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1818 |
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The U.S. Congress approved the first pensions for government service. |
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1874 |
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Hawaii signed a treaty giving exclusive trading rights with the islands to the U.S. |
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1911: North Dakota enacted a hail insurance law. |
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1939: Georgia ratified the Bill of Rights amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
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1959: U.S. President Eisenhower signed the Hawaii statehood bill. |
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1963: The U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Miranda decision concerning legal council for defendants. |
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1968: The U.S. Congress repealed the requirement for a gold reserve. |
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1992: White South Africans voted for constitutional reforms that would give legal equality to blacks. |
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1911 |
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Theodore Roosevelt opened the Roosevelt Dam in Phoenix, AZ. It was the largest dam in the U.S. at the time. |
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1920: Greece adopted the Gregorian calendar. |
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1583 |
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Dutch States General & Anjou signed a treaty. |
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1673 |
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Lord Berkley sold his half of New Jersey to the Quakers. |
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1938: Mexico took control of all foreign-owned oil properties on its soil. |
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1974: Most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended their five-month embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan. |
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1986: The U.S. Treasury Department announced that a clear, polyester thread was to be woven into bills in an effort to thwart counterfeiters. |
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1834: The first railroad tunnel in the U.S. was completed. The work was in Pennsylvania. |
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1902: In Turkey, the Sultan granted a German syndicate the first concession to access Baghdad by rail. |
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1190 |
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Crusaders killed 57 Jews in Bury St. Edmonds England. |
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1916 |
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Russia countered the Verdun assault with an attack at Lake Naroch. The Russians lost 100,000 men and the Germans lost 20,000. |
1917 |
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The Germans sank the U.S. ships, City of Memphis, Vigilante and the Illinois, without any warning. |
1940 |
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Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Pass. The Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany's war against France and Britain during the meeting. |
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1943: The German Reich called off its offensive in Caucasus. |
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1943: American forces took Gafsa in Tunisia. |
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1944: The Russians reached the Rumanian border in the Balkans during World War 2. |
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1945: 1,250 U.S. bombers attacked Berlin. |
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1950: Nationalist troops landed on the mainland of China and capture Communist held Sungmen. |
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1962: French and Algerian rebels agreed to a truce. |
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1969: U.S. President Nixon authorizes Operation Menue. It was the ‘secret’ bombing of Cambodia. |
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1971: U.S. helicopters airlifted 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers out of Laos. |
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1975: Saigon abandoned most of the Central Highlands of Vietnam to Hanoi. |
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1975: The Kurds ended their fight against Iraq. |
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