HistoryPod
By Scott Allsop
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The 'on this day in history' podcast, with a new episode every single day. Featuring historical events that range from the Roman Empire to the World Wide Web, HistoryPod proves that there is always something to be remembered 'on this day'. Written and presented by Scott Allsop, creator of the award-winning www.mrallsophistory.com
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26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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23rd December 1823: The poem A Visit from St Nicholas, better known as The Night Before Christmas, published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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20th December 1951: EBR-I in Idaho becomes the first nuclear reactor to generate usable electricity
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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19th December 1487: Largest recorded human sacrifices in Mesoamerican history at the Sixth Great Temple of Tenochtitlan
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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18th December 1898: The world’s first officially recognised land speed record is set
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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17th December 1903: Wright brothers make the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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16th December 1773: The Boston Tea Party throws a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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15th December 1933: The Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution repeals prohibition
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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14th December 1287: St Lucia’s Flood kills over 50,000 people around the North Sea
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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13th December 1939: The Battle of the River Plate takes place off the coast of Uruguay and Argentina as the first major naval battle of WW2
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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12th December 1963: Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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11th December 1866: The first transatlantic yacht race begins in Sandy Hook, New Jersey
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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9th December 1965: A Charlie Brown Christmas first broadcast by American television network CBS
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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8th December 1660: The first woman appears on a professional stage in England in Othello
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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7th December 1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy attack the United States’ Hawaiian naval base at Pearl Harbor
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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6th December 1969: Meredith Hunter killed at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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5th December 1955: Montgomery bus boycott begins in Alabama, marking a pivotal moment in the American Civil Rights Movement
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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4th December 1872: Deserted US merchant ship Mary Celeste found drifting in the Atlantic
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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3rd December 1973: NASA’s Pioneer 10 becomes the first space probe to send close-up images of the planet Jupiter
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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1st December 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after the white section of the bus became full
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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29th November 1972: Pong is officially released by Atari, and soon becomes the first commercially successful video game
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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28th November 1943: The Tehran Conference begins, marking the first meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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27th November 1924: First Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade takes place in New York City
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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26th November 1805: The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the highest canal aqueduct in the world, opens in North Wales
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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25th November 1952: Agatha Christie’s play The Mousetrap opens in London, later to become the longest-running play in the world
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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24th November 1873: Joseph Glidden awarded a patent for modern barbed wire
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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23rd November 1963: First ever episode of Doctor Who broadcast by on BBC television
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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21st November 1877: Thomas Edison announced his phonograph, the world’s first practical machine that could record and play sound
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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20th November 1969: Native Americans begin their occupation of Alcatraz Island
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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19th November 1985: Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time at the Geneva Summit
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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18th November 1883: The Day of Two Noons sees four standard time zones applied across the continental United States
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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17th November 1894: H. H. Holmes, one of America’s earliest serial killers, apprehended in Boston
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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16th November 1793: Mass drownings begin in Nantes as part of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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15th November 1917: Georges Clemenceau appointed Prime Minister of France for the second time
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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14th November 1960: Ruby Bridges, first African-American to desegregate an elementary school
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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12th November 1933: German referendum on withdrawing from the League of Nations
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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11th November 1865: Dr Mary Walker becomes the first (and only) woman to receive the Medal of Honor
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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9th November 1799: Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon Bonaparte begin his rise to power
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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8th November 1620: Battle of White Mountain fought near Prague in the early stages of the Thirty Years’ War
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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7th November 1917: Bolshevik Red Guards take control of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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5th November 1605: Gunpowder Plot foiled when Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the House of Lords in London
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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4th November 1839: The Newport Rising armed rebellion takes place in south Wales
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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3rd November 1918: The Kiel Mutiny begins, marking the start of the German Revolution
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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2nd November 1936: BBC Television Service launched in the UK as the world’s first regular high-definition television service
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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1st November 1894: Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia following the death of his father, Tsar Alexander III
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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30th October 1938: The War of the Worlds radio play, directed by Orson Welles, terrifies listeners in America
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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29th October 1959: Comic book character Asterix the Gaul’s first appearance in the debut issue of Pilote magazine
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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28th October 1962: End of the Cuban Missile Crisis as Khrushchev agrees to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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27th October 1988: Ronald Reagan halts construction of the new US embassy in Moscow
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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26th October 1860: Garibaldi hands control of southern Italy to Victor Emmanuel II
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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25th October 1940: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. becomes first black general in the US military
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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24th October 1929: Black Thursday marks the start of the Wall Street Crash
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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23rd October 1642: Battle of Edgehill fought during the early stages of the English Civil War
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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22nd October 1910: Dr. Hawley Crippen found guilty of murdering his wife, after being captured with the aid of wireless technology
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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21st October 1096: Battle of Civetot destroys the People’s Crusade at the start of the First Crusade
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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20th October 1818: Treaty of 1818 establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and British North America
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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19th October 1864: Confederate soldiers rob three banks in the St. Albans Raid in the northernmost land action of the American Civil War
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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18th October 1963: Félicette becomes the first cat in space when she is launched as part of a French mission
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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16th October 1793: Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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15th October 1783: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier conducts the first manned hot air balloon flight
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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14th October 1066: The Battle of Hastings fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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13th October 1792: Cornerstone of the White House laid in Washington, D.C.
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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12th October 1931: The Christ the Redeemer statue officially opened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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10th October 1903: Foundation of Women’s Social & Political Union, known as the Suffragettes
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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9th October 1410: The Prague Astronomical Clock first noted in a medieval document
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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8th October 1912: First Balkan War begins when the Kingdom of Montenegro declares war on the Ottoman Empire
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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7th October 1913: Ford Motor Company introduces the world’s first moving assembly line at its Highland Park plant in Michigan
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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6th October 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat assassinated by terrorists
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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5th October 1789: The October Days begin when a crowd of Parisian women march to the Palace of Versailles to demand food
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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4th October 1535: Myles Coverdale finishes printing the first complete English translation of the Bible
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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3rd October 1935: Italian forces invade Ethiopia, triggering the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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2nd October 1187: Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders after a lengthy siege
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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1st October 1971: Walt Disney World officially opens it doors to the public in Orlando, Florida
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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30th September 1520: Suleiman the Magnificent becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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29th September 1829: The Metropolitan Police begins operating in London
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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28th September 1924: First aerial circumnavigation of the globe completed by a team from the United States Army Air Service
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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27th September 1590: Pope Urban VII dies, ending the the shortest papal reign in history
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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26th September 1923: Gustav Stresemann of Germany ends passive resistance in the Ruhr
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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24th September 1946: ‘Containment’ first suggested to President Truman in a report by Clark Clifford and George Elsey
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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23rd September 1889: Nintendo founded in Kyoto, Japan, to produce playing cards
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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22nd September 1980: Start of the Iran-Iraq War that lasted on for nearly eight years
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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20th September 1946: First Cannes International Film Festival begins at the former Casino
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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18th September 1931: The Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese forces bomb the South Manchuria Railway
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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17th September 1859: Joshua Norton declares himself Norton I, Emperor of the United States
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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16th September 1979: Two families escape from East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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15th September 1440: Gilles de Rais is arrested and later convicted as one of the world’s earliest serial killers
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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14th September 1959: The USSR sends the first man-made object to the Moon’s surface
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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13th September 1848: Phineas Gage survives an accident in which an explosion propels a large iron bar completely through his head
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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12th September 490 BCE: Battle of Marathon is fought during the Greco-Persian Wars (accepted date)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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11th September 1789: Alexander Hamilton appointed US Secretary of the Treasury
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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10th September 1989: Hungary allows East Germans to cross the border into Austria
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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9th September 1956: Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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8th September 1888: Peral, the first successful electric-powered submarine, launched by the Spanish navy
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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7th September 1695: English pirate Henry Every captures the Grand Mughal Fleet in one of the most lucrative pirate raids of all time
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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6th September 1651: Charles II of England hides in an oak tree to escape capture by Parliamentary forces following the Battle of Worcester
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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5th September 1793: The Reign of Terror begins in France during the Revolution
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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4th September 1957: Nine Black students denied entry to Little Rock High School in Arkansas
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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3rd September 1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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2nd September 1792: September Massacres begin during the French Revolution, resulting thousands of deaths
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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1st September 1969: Libyan Revolution brings Muammar Gaddafi to power following the overthrow of King Idris I
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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31st August 1888: Discovery of the first victim of Jack the Ripper in London
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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30th August 1967: Thurgood Marshall confirmed as the first African American Justice of the US Supreme Court
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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29th August 1911: Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi tribe, emerged from the wilderness in California
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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28th August 1973: Norrmalmstorg robbery in Stockholm ends, prompting the term ‘Stockholm Syndrome’
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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27th August 1896: Shortest recorded war in history fought between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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26th August 1895: The world’s first major AC power plant began producing electricity at Niagara Falls
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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25th August 1916: The U.S. National Park Service signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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24th August 1938: The Kweilin incident sees the first ever civilian aircraft to be shot down when Japanese fighters attack
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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23rd August 1970: Start of the Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker walkout in U.S. history
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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22nd August 1864: Adoption of the first Geneva Convention governing sick and wounded members of armed forces
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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21st August 1957: USSR conducts first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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20th August 1968: Warsaw Pact troops invade to end the Prague Spring
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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19th August 1991: August Coup places Gorbachev under house arrest
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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18th August 1933: Nazis reveal the Volksempfänger, a low-cost radio receiver, to the public
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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17th August 1807: The North River Steamboat was launched between New York and Albany
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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16th August 1793: National Convention of France agrees to the levée en masse, a policy of conscription during the Revolutionary Wars
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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15th August 1941: Last execution at the Tower of London takes place when German spy Josef Jakobs is killed by firing squad
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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14th August 1947: Partition of India begins with creation of the independent Dominion of Pakistan
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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13th August 1918: Opha May Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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11th August 106: Roman Emperor Trajan declares Dacia (modern Romania) a Roman province
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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9th August 1942: Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, known as the “Leningrad” Symphony, received its premiere in the city under siege
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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8th August 1925: More than 50,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan stage a march in Washington D.C.
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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7th August 1947: Kon-Tiki expedition ends when the raft smashes into a reef at the Raroia atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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6th August 1806: Holy Roman Empire officially dissolved following the abdication of Francis II
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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5th August 1962: Nelson Mandela arrested and jailed in South Africa
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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4th August 1914: Woodrow Wilson proclaims US neutrality in the First World War
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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3rd August 1798: Battle of the Nile ends with a decisive British victory over the French Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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2nd August 1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad becomes San Francisco’s first cable car
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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1st August 1981: Cable music television channel MTV is launched
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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31st July 1917: Battle of Passchendaele begins during the First World War, resulting in one of the muddiest battles of the conflict
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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28th July 1932: Bonus Marchers forcibly evicted from Washington D.C. by the Army
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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27th July 1794: Thermidorian Reaction begins in France with the arrest of Maximilien Robspierre
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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26th July 1948: Truman abolished racial segregation in the US military with Executive Order 9981
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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25th July 1934: Austrian Chancellor, Engelbert Dollfuss, assassinated by members of the Austrian Nazi Party
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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23rd July 1952: Egyptian Revolution begins, leading to the overthrow of King Farouk I and the end of British influence in Egypt
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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22nd July 1706: Terms of the Acts of Union 1707 agreed by commissioners from England and Scotland
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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21st July 1970: Construction of the Aswan High Dam completed in Egypt
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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20th July 1801: The Cheshire Mammoth Cheese, is produced for President Thomas Jefferson, and weighs 1,235lbs
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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19th July 1870: The Franco-Prussian War begins when Napoleon III declares war
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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18th July 1966: The Hough Riots begin in Cleveland, Ohio
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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17th July 1917: King George V changes the name of the British royal family to the House of Windsor
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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16th July 1935: World’s first parking meter installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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15th July 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte voluntarily surrenders to the British
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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14th July 1915: McMahon-Hussein Correspondence begins, resulting in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire in World War I
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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13th July 1863: New York City draft riots mark the largest civil urban disturbance in American history
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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12th July 1862: Creation of the Congressional Medal of Honor
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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11th July 1804: Vice President Aaron Burr fatally wounds Alexander Hamilton, former Secretary of the Treasury, in a duel
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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10th July 1913: Highest recorded temperature on Earth
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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9th July 1762: Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following a coup against her husband, Peter III
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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8th July 1947: Roswell Army Air Base reports ‘flying disc’ debris
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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7th July 1952: SS United States establishes the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing by an ocean liner
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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6th July 1892: The Homestead Strike sees Pinkerton agents fight striking steelworkers
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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5th July 1937: SPAM, the canned cooked pork, first introduced by Hormel Foods Corporation @SPAMbrand
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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4th July 1918: Mehmed VI ascends to the throne as the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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3rd July 1979: President Jimmy Carter authorises $500,000 to aid the mujahideen in Afghanistan
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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2nd July 1900: LZ 1, the first rigid Zeppelin airship, makes its maiden flight over Lake Constance in Germany
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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1st July 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg begins, resulting in a decisive Union victory
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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30th June 1859: Charles Blondin became the first person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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29th June 1971: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 disaster, resulting in its cosmonauts becoming the only humans to ever die in space
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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28th June 1969: The Stonewall Riots begin when New York City police raid the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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27th June 1898: Joshua Slocum completes the first solo circumnavigation of the globe
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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26th June 1963: American President John F. Kennedy declares US support for West Berlin with the phrase, ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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25th June 1950: Korean War begins when North Korean forces cross the 38th parallel, invading South Korea
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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24th June 1947: The first widely-reported UFO sighting was made by private pilot Kenneth Arnold
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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23rd June 1960: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Enovid as the first combined oral contraceptive pill in the world
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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22nd June 1940: France signs the Second Armistice of Compiègne with Nazi Germany which signals the Fall of France
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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21st June 1877: Ten Irish immigrants hanged for murder, having been accused of membership of the Molly Maguires secret society
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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20th June 1945: The United States approves the transfer of Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun to America
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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19th June 1865: Juneteenth is established when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, are informed of their freedom
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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18th June 1812: The War of 1812 began when President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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17th June 1775: Battle of Bunker Hill fought during the early stages of the American Revolutionary War
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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16th June 1884: The Switchback Railway, America’s first purpose-built roller coaster, opened at Coney Island in New York City
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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15th June 1859: The Pig War begins between the USA and Britain
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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14th June 1900: Anglo-German naval arms race triggered by the Second German Naval Law to double the size of the fleet
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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13th June 1966: Miranda Warning introduced after US Supreme Court says suspects must be told their rights
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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12th June 1817: Karl Drais makes the first recorded journey on the forerunner of the bicycle, known as the Laufmaschine or ‘dandy horse’
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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11th June 1962: Three inmates escape from the maximum-security Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and are never seen again
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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10th June 1935: Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Bill Wilson and Robert Smith
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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9th June 747: Abbasid Revolution begins, which overthrows the Umayyad Caliphate
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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8th June 1959: The world’s only delivery of ‘Missile Mail’ took place when the United States Post Office Department sent 3,000 letters using a cruise missile
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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7th June 1982: Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, was opened to the public
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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6th June 1933: Worlds first drive-in theatre opens in Camden County, New Jersey
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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5th June 1947: U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall delivers a speech at Harvard University outlining his financial plan for post-war Europe
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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4th June 1855: United States Camel Corps initiated when USS Supply departed New York City for the Mediterranean to obtain camels
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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3rd June 1943: Zoot Suit Riots erupt in Los Angeles, California, during the Second World War
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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2nd June 1774: The British Parliament passes the Quartering Act, the fourth of the punitive laws passed in the wake of the Boston Tea Party
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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1st June 1916: Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jewish justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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31st May 1921: The Tulsa Race Massacre breaks out in Oklahoma
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May 31, 2024 |
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30th May 1911: Indianapolis 500 automobile race takes place for the first time
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May 30, 2024 |
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29th May 1942: The song “White Christmas” recorded by Bing Crosby
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May 29, 2024 |
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28th May 1830: The Indian Removal Act signed into law by President Andrew Jackson
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May 28, 2024 |
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27th May 1942: Reinhard Heydrich fatally injured in an assassination attempt in Prague, Czechoslovakia
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May 27, 2024 |
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26th May 1647: Alse Young becomes the first person to be executed for witchcraft in America at Windsor, Connecticut
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May 26, 2024 |
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25th May 1521: Edict of Worms issued by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V against Martin Luther
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May 25, 2024 |
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24th May 1798: United Irishmen Rebellion, also known as the Irish Rebellion of 1798, begins in Ireland
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May 24, 2024 |
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23rd May 1934: Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde ambushed by police and killed in rural Louisiana
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May 23, 2024 |
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22nd May 1939: The Pact of Steel signed between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
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May 22, 2024 |
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21st May 1904: FIFA founded in Paris as the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
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May 21, 2024 |
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20th May 1862: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law
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May 20, 2024 |
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19th May 1962: Marilyn Monroe sings “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to President John F. Kennedy
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May 19, 2024 |
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18th May 1896: The Supreme Court delivers its verdict in Plessy v. Ferguson that approves the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine
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May 18, 2024 |
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17th May 1792: The Buttonwood Agreement signed by 24 stockbrokers, establishing the New York Stock Exchange
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May 17, 2024 |
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16th May 1771: The Battle of Alamance ends the Regulator Movement in Provincial North Carolina
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May 16, 2024 |
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15th May 1943: Stalin dissolves the Communist International (Comintern) that aimed to promote worldwide communism
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May 15, 2024 |
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14th May 1607: Jamestown, Virginia, established as the first permanent English settlement in North America
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May 14, 2024 |
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13th May 1865: The Battle of Palmito Ranch, considered by many to be the last battle of the Civil War
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May 13, 2024 |
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12th May 1926: Norge airship makes the first verified flight over the North Pole
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May 12, 2024 |
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11th May 1812: Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated, shot in the lobby of the House of Commons
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May 11, 2024 |
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10th May 1801: The First Barbary War began when Tripoli declared war on the United States
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May 10, 2024 |
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9th May 1386: Treaty of Windsor, the longest-lasting diplomatic treaty in recorded history, signed between Portugal and England
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May 09, 2024 |
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8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific
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May 08, 2024 |
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7th May 1253: William of Rubruck sets out on his journey into the Mongol Empire that resulted in a masterpiece of medieval travel literature
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May 07, 2024 |
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6th May 1906: Russia enacts the Fundamental Laws, which serve as the Constitution of 1906
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May 06, 2024 |
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5th May 1961: Astronaut Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel in space on board Freedom 7
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May 05, 2024 |
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4th May 1926: General strike of 1.7 million workers begins in the United Kingdom.
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May 04, 2024 |
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3rd May 1978: The world’s first ‘spam’ email sent by Gary Thuerk of Digital Equipment Corporation
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May 03, 2024 |
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2nd May 1946: The Battle of Alcatraz began when armed inmates attempted to escape from the high security prison
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May 02, 2024 |
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1st May 1840: The Penny Black, the world’s first pre-paid postage stamp, goes on sale in the UK
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May 01, 2024 |
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30th April 1789: George Washington inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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29th April 1909: The People’s Budget introduced to the British Parliament by David Lloyd George
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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28th April 1869: Ten miles of railway track are laid in a single day by the crews of the Central Pacific Railroad
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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27th April 1953: The US launches Operation Moolah to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter through defection
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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26th April 1933: The Gestapo secret police established by Hermann Göring in Nazi Germany
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Apr 26, 2024 |