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1989 - Law requiring air bags is passed 1989 - Toyota launches Lexus 1983 - Korean Airlines flight shot down by Soviet Union 1950 - First Porsche is completed 1939 - Germany invades Poland, starting World War II 1923 - Over 142,800 people are killed as a powerful earthquake strikes Tokyo, Japan | |
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1969 - First bank ATM. 1969 - Ho Chi Minh, 79, North Vietnam President, dies. 1945 - Vietnam declares the independence from France. 1945 - Japan surrenders. 1789 - The United States Treasury Department is founded. | |
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1943 - Allies invade Italian mainland 1939 - Britain and France declare war on Germany 1875 - Porsche is born 1777 - The American Stars and Stripes flies | |
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1997 - The very last Ford Thunderbird rolled off the assembly line in Lorain, Ohio. 1996 - Colombian guerrilla organization attacks military base. 1972 - U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz wins his seventh gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich 1884 - George Eastman receives a patent for roll film and trademarked the name "Kodak". | |
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1972 - Israeli athletes killed at Munich Olympics 1958 - Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago appears in the United States | |
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1915 - The first tank prototype was completed and given its first test drive 1901 - President William McKinley is shot | |
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1993 - Chrysler introduces Neon 1977 - Carter agrees to transfer Panama Canal to Panama 1921 - The first Miss America beauty Pageant is held in Atlantic City N.J 1813 - United States nicknamed Uncle Sam | |
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1974 - President Ford gives unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon for crimes related to Watergate. 1972 - Last U.S. ground combat unit departs South Vietnam 1966 - Star Trek premiered on television 1952 - Hussein succeeds to Jordanian throne 1943 - Italy surrenders allied troops. | |
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1981 - IBM's first PC is completed. 1973 - Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA championship for his 14th major title, surpassing Bobby Jones' record of 13 major championships. 1953 - Soviets test "Layer-Cake" bomb. 1850 - California becomes the 3rd state. | |
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1961 - Berlin is divided 1943 - Germany seizes Rome. 1846 - The Sewing Machine is patented. | |
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2003 - Blackout hits Northeast United States 2001 - 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijack four U.S. passenger jets with coordinated suicide killing over 3,000 people in New York City, NY, Shanksville, PA and Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 1962 - The Beatles recorded their 1st single "Love Me Do". 1947 - China declares war on Germany 1935 - FDR signs Social Security Act 1784 - Russians settle Alaska 1784 - Paris issues first license plates | |
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1961 - Berlin Wall built 1947 - Ferrari makes racing debut 1945 - Hirohito of Japan announces unconditional surrender 1945 - Gas rationing ends in the US 1914 - Panama Canal open to traffic | |
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1977 - Popular music icon Elvis Presley dies in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 42. 1977 - South Vietnam: General Khanh ousts General Minh as chief of state 1943 - Chiang Kai-Shek became the president of China 1948 - Babe Ruth dies 1923 - Carnegie establishes eight-hour day 1812 - Detroit surrenders without a fight | |
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1976 - Viking 1 lands on Mars 1973 - U.S. troops to withdraw from Thailand 1909 - Andrew McNally III, an executive with Rand McNally Co., the oldest map publisher of the US, was born in Chicago 1814 - Francis Scott-Key composed the lyrics to "The Star Spangled Banner". | |
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1966 - The first batch of redesigned $100 bills featuring the now-familiar motto "In God We Trust" is printed. 1937 - Toyota Motor Company is established. 1857 - President Taft is born in Ohio. | |
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1934 - Adolf Hitler becomes president of Germany 1909 - First car race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1841 - First bankruptcy laws established | |
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1996 - Minimum wage is increased 1975 - Viking 1 launched to Mars 1968 - Soviets Invade Czechoslovakia 1962 - The first 1963 Ford Thunderbird is produced 1940 - Exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico 1862 - Eight-hour workday is born | |
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1991 - Coup attempt against Gorbachev collapses 1959 - Hawaii becomes 50th state 1911 - Theft of Mona Lisa is discovered | |
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1985 - Over 25,000 people are killed as an earthquake measuring 6.9 strikes the north-west Armenia 1959 - Rockefeller marries family maid 1950 - Althea Gibson becomes first African-American on U.S. tennis tour 1944 - Romania captured by the Soviet Union 1901 - Cadillac is launched 1851 - U.S. wins first America's Cup | |
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1979 - Russian ballet star Aleksandr Godunov defects to the United States after a performance in New York City 1784 - Four counties in western North Carolina declare their independence as the state of Franklin. The counties lay in what would eventually become Tennessee. | |
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1999 - At least 2500 people are killed as a 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Taiwan 1954 - Congress passes Communist Control Act 1945 - The last Cadillac-built M-24 tank was produced 1821 - Spain accepts Mexican independence 1814 - British capture and burn Washington, DC | |
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1954 - USPS issues car stamps 1944 - After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French and US forces 1910 - Yellow Cab Company is born | |
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1985 - The Yugo, manufactured in Yugoslavia, is introduced to the U.S. market. It quickly became infamous
for its poor quality of construction and was the butt of many jokes 1980 - A 1,500-pound bomb is discovered in a Nevada casino 1957 - Russia tests an intercontinental ballistic missile 1939 - First televised Major League baseball game | |
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1938 - Captain George Eyston established a new land speed record of 345.49mph. The current record is
held by Andy Green at 763.035mph 1916 - Romania enters World War I 1908 - LBJ is born 1859 - Oil is found in Pennsylvania | |
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2013 - Over 300 people are killed as a 7.7 magnitude quake in Awaran, Balochistan of Pakistan 1996 - Charles and Diana divorce 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice. 1963 - Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks to more than 200,000 people attending the March on Washington. The demonstrators demand voting rights and equal opportunity for African Americans and to appeal for an end to racial segregation and discrimination. 1922 - The famous Autodromo, an automobile-racing track, is opened in Monza, Italy | |
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2005 - Hurricane Katrina slams into Gulf Coast 1949 - Soviets explode atomic bomb 1898 - Goodyear incorporates 1885 - First motorcycle is patented 1862 - Bureau of Engraving is founded 1789 - The U.S. Postal Service is founded. 1789 - 1st American Attorney General, Edmund Randolph, is appointed. | |
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1983 - U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Guion S. Bluford becomes the first African American to travel into space 1967 - Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice 1918 - Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin is shot 30 BC - Cleopatra, queen of Egypt and lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, commits suicide following the defeat of her forces against Octavian, the future first emperor of Rome | |
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1997 - Princess Diana dies 1897 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for his movie camera, the Kinetograph | |
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1954 - USPS issues car stamps. 1944 - After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French and US forces<.BR> 1910 - Yellow Cab Company is born. | |
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2009 - Over 1000 people are killed as an earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Sumatra 1993 - About 10,000 people are killed as an earthquake strikes the western and southern India 1985 - The Yugo, manufactured in Yugoslavia, is introduced to the U.S. market. It quickly became infamous for its poor quality of construction and was the butt of many joke. 1980 - A 1,500-pound bomb is discovered in a Nevada casino. 1957 - Russia tests an intercontinental ballistic missile. 1939 - First televised Major League baseball game. 1902 - Rayon is patented. | |
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