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 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 |
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25th April 1898: The United States declares war on Spain in the Spanish–American War
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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24th April 1800: The Library of Congress established when John Adams approves a budget of $5,000 for books
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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23rd April 1348: Order of the Garter founded by King Edward III of England
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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22nd April 1889: Oklahoma Land Rush takes place with 2 million acres of Unassigned Lands opened to settlement
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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21st April 1967: Svetlana Alliluyeva, the only daughter of Joseph Stalin, arrives in the USA after defecting from the Soviet Union
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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20th April 1792: The French Revolutionary Wars begin when the Assembly vote for war against Austria
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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19th April 1987: The Simpsons make their first television appearance on The Tracey Ullman Show
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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18th April 1775: Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington with his message that “the Regulars are coming out!”
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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17th April 1907: Ellis Island in New York Harbor has its busiest day, processing 11,747 immigrants
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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16th April 1902: The first purpose-designed movie theater opens as Thomas Tally’s Electric Theatre
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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15th April 1989: 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough Disaster
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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14th April 1935: Black Sunday dust storm sweeps across the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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13th April 1970: Apollo 13 spacecraft rocked by an explosion from one of its oxygen tanks
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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12th April 1861: American Civil War begins with the Battle of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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11th April 1968: The Fair Housing Act of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 signed into law by President Johnson
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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10th April 1815: The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history occurred at Mount Tambora
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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9th April 1865: Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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8th April 1838: SS Great Western begins her maiden voyage to New York as the first steamship specifically built for transatlantic travel
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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7th April 1954: President Eisenhower first described the ‘domino theory’ of the spread of communism during a news conference
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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6th April 1793: Committee of Public Safety established by the National Convention of France
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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5th April 1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen becomes the first European to encounter Easter Island
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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4th April 1925: Adolf Hitler orders the establishment of the SS
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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3rd April 1721: Robert Walpole becomes the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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2nd April 1863: The Richmond Bread Riot saw hundreds of women in Virginia loot storehouses and shops
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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1st April 1944: The USAAF accidentally bomb the neutral Swiss town of Schaffhausen instead of a German chemical factory
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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31st March 1985: WrestleMania I takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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30th March 1900: Archaeologists at the ancient site of Knossos discover the first clay tablet inscribed with Linear B
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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29th March 1806: Construction of the Cumberland Road, the first federally funded highway, authorised by U.S. Congress
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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28th March 1979: Worst accident in U.S. nuclear power plant history at Three Mile Island Generating Station
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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27th March 1964: Most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America struck Alaska
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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26th March 1351: Combat of the Thirty fought between English and Breton soldiers during the Breton War of Succession
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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25th March 1965: The Selma to Montgomery March ends at the Alabama State Capitol
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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24th March 1989: Start of the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster in Alaska’s Prince William Sound
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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23rd March 1857: The world’s first successful passenger elevator installed in a five-storey New York City department store
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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22nd March 1622: Indian Massacre of 1622 occurred in the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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21st March 1952: Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, takes place in Cleveland, Ohio
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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20th March 1854: U.S. Republican Party founded at a meeting in a schoolhouse in Wisconsin
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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19th March 1831: City Bank of New York robbed in the first widely-reported bank heist in U.S. history
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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18th March 1990: 13 works of art stolen from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in the world’s largest ever art theft
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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17th March 1766: The first recorded Saint Patrick’s Day parade took place in the city of New York
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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16th March 1660: England’s Long Parliament dissolved after twenty years in session
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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15th March 1916: U.S. General Pershing led the Punitive Expedition into Mexico to locate revolutionary leader Pancho Villa
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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14th March 1939: The First Slovak Republic proclaimed, as a client state of Nazi Germany
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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13th March 1942: Julia Flikke, the commander of the Army Nurse Corps, became the first female Colonel in the United States
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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12th March 1947: Truman Doctrine established when the President asks for aid to Greece and Turkey
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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11th March 1941: Lend-Lease Act signed into law by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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10th March 2000: The NASDAQ index peaks at the height of the dot-com bubble
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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9th March 1776: “The Wealth of Nations” published by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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8th March 1971: Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier faced each other in the ‘Fight of the Century’
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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7th March 1850: Senator Daniel Webster makes his “Seventh of March” speech in favour of the Compromise of 1850
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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6th March 1857: The US Supreme Court makes its ruling in the Dred Scott case
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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5th March 1936: Supermarine Spitfire aircraft makes its maiden test flight
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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4th March 1865: Andrew Johnson, Vice President of the United States, delivers his inaugural address while drunk
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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3rd March 1857: The largest ever sale of enslaved people in the United States, known as the Weeping Time
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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2nd March 537: First Siege of Rome begins as the Ostrogoth army encircle the Byzantine forces of the general Belisarius
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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1st March 1562: Massacre of Vassy marks the beginning of the French Wars of Religion
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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29th February 1796: Jay Treaty marks the start of ten years of peaceful trade between the United States and Britain
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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28th February 1849: First ‘49ers arrive in San Francisco to begin the California Gold Rush
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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27th February 1973: Oglala Lakota and members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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26th February 1917: The Original Dixieland ‘Jass’ Band makes the first commercially released jazz recording
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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25th February 1870: Hiram Rhodes Revels becomes the first African-American U.S. Senator
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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24th February 1920: Adolf Hitler announces the 25 Point Programme and the establishment of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP)
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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23rd February 1836: The Siege of the Alamo begins, lasting for thirteen days before the final battle
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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22nd February 1946: The ‘Long Telegram’ sent by George F. Kennan, a senior American diplomat in Moscow
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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21st February 1885: the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. was dedicated
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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20th February 1939: Pro-Nazi rally held at Madison Square Garden in New York City
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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19th February 1913: Pedro Lascurain began the world’s shortest ever presidency in Mexico
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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18th February 1915: Germany initiates a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare during the First World War
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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17th February 1966: First recording session for the Beach Boys song ‘Good Vibrations’ takes place at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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16th February 1861: Abraham Lincoln meets the girl who advised him to grow a beard to gain more votes
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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15th February 1946: ENIAC, the world’s first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, formally dedicated
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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14th February 1939: German battleship Bismarck launched at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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13th February 1981: The sewers of Louisville, Kentucky, explode after industrial waste makes its way into the tunnels
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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12th February 1924: First performance of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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11th February 1919: Friedrich Ebert elected as first President of the German Weimar Republic
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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10th February 1962: Captured U-2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers freed in a prisoner exchange
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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9th February 1950: Joseph McCarthy starts the Second Red Scare with a speech claiming Communists were working in the U.S. Department of State
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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8th February 1910: The Boy Scouts of America organization incorporated by William D. Boyce in Washington D.C.
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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7th February 1914: Charlie Chaplin’s iconic ‘Tramp’ character makes his first public appearance in the film Kid Auto Races at Venice
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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6th February 1778: France and the US sign the first treaties that recognise American independence
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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5th February 1909: Bakelite, the world’s first synthetic plastic, announced by Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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4th February 1555: John Rogers became the first Protestant martyr under ‘Bloody’ Mary I of England
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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3rd February 1972: The deadliest recorded blizzard hit northwestern, central and southern Iran
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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2nd February 1709: Alexander Selkirk rescued after spending more than four years as a castaway
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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1st February 1861: Texas declares its secession from the United States after a convention votes overwhelmingly in favour
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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31st January 1865: Thirteenth Amendment passed by the US Congress to formally abolish slavery
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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30th January 1835: Andrew Jackson survives the first assassination attempt of a sitting US President
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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29th January 2002: The phrase ‘Axis of Evil’ used for the first time by President George W. Bush
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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28th January 1896: First speeding ticket for an automobile issued to British motorist Walter Arnold
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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27th January 1916: Conscription for WW1 introduced by the British Government in the Military Service Act
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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26th January 1885: Siege of Khartoum ends when Sudanese Mahdist forces capture the city from Governor-General Charles George Gordon
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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25th January 1924: First Winter Olympic Games begin in Chamonix, France
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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24th January 1935: The first canned beer goes on sale from the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company in Richmond, Virginia
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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23rd January 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree in the USA
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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22nd January 1973: The Supreme Court issues its decision on the Roe v. Wade abortion case
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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21st January 1954: Launch of USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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20th January 1986: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day first observed as a federal holiday
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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19th January 1920: Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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18th January 1911: Eugene Ely lands the first aircraft on a ship when he touches down on USS Pennsylvania
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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17th January 1966: Palomares incident sees a B-52 break apart after a mid-air collision, dropping four nuclear bombs
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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16th January 1919: Nebraska becomes the vital 36th of the 48 states to approve prohibition in the 18th Amendment
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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15th January 1892: Rules for basketball published for the first time by James Naismith
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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14th January 1967: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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13th January 1910: First public radio broadcast features a live performance from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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12th January 1848: The first of the Revolutions of 1848 begins in Palermo on the island of Sicily
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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11th January 1964: US Surgeon General publishes groundbreaking report on the health effects of tobacco smoking
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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10th January 1776: Thomas Paine publishes the pamphlet Common Sense advocating American independence
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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9th January 1861: Star of the West fired upon by South Carolina batteries as it approached Fort Sumter
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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8th January 1828: Democratic Party established in the United States to become the oldest active voter-based political party in the world
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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7th January 1782: The Bank of North America, the nation’s first chartered bank, opens in Philadelphia
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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6th January 1912: Continental Drift hypothesis first presented by German scientist Alfred Wegener
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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5th January 1925: Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman in the United States to be sworn in as governor of a state
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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4th January 1903: Topsy the elephant electrocuted at Luna Park in Coney Island, New York
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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3rd January 1911: The Siege of Sidney Street gunfight takes place in London’s East End
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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2nd January 1959: USSR launches Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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1st January 1739: Discovery of Bouvet Island, the world’s most remote island
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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31st December 1600: The East India Company officially established with a charter from Elizabeth I
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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30th December 1916: “Mad Monk” Grigori Rasputin murdered by Russian nobles
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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29th December 1937: Constitution of Ireland comes into effect as the longest continually operating republican constitution in the E.U.
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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28th December 1958: ‘The Greatest Game Ever Played’ in the NFL Championship Playoff
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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27th December 1845: Manifest Destiny introduced in a newspaper column by John L. O’Sullivan
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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26th December 1825: The Decembrist Revolt takes place in Russia against autocratic Tsarist rule
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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25th December 1776: George Washington crosses the Delaware with a column of the Continental Army
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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24th December 1818: ‘Stille Nacht’, known in English as Silent Night, performed for the first time
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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23rd December 1688: James II of England flees to exile in France during the Glorious Revolution
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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22nd December 1882: The first use of electric lights on a Christmas tree
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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21st December 1825: The Fredonian Rebellion begins when American settlers in Mexican Texas declare their independence
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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20th December 1860: South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States of America
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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19th December 1918: Ripley’s ‘Believe it or Not!’ published for the first time in the New York Globe
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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18th December 1916: End of the Battle of Verdun during the First World War
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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17th December 1969: Project Blue Book, the United States Air Force’s systematic study of UFOs, officially terminated
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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16th December 1944: The Battle of the Bulge begins on the Western Front of the Second World War
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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15th December 1791: United States Bill of Rights becomes law after ratification by the Virginia General Assembly
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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14th December 1972: Gene Cernan becomes the last person on the Moon at the end of the Apollo 17 mission
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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13th December 1636: The Massachusetts Bay Colony organises a formal militia, laying the foundations for the US National Guard
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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12th December 2000: Bush v. Gore decision reached by the United States Supreme Court
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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11th December 1941: Nazi Germany declares war on the USA
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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10th December 1541: Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham executed for affairs with Catherine Howard
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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9th December 1868: The world’s first traffic lights go into operation outside the Houses of Parliament in London
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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8th December 1912: German Imperial War Council discusses the possibility of a European war
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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7th December 1837: The Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern during the Upper Canada Rebellion
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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6th December 1648: “Pride’s Purge” stops MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England from entering the House of Commons
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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5th December 1848: President James K. Polk sparks the California Gold Rush as a result of his State of the Union Address
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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4th December 1971: A fire during a concert at the Montreux Casino inspires the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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3rd December 1775: The first national US Grand Union Flag flown for the first time on the ship ‘Alfred’
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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2nd December 1805: The Battle of Austerlitz sees Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée defeat Russia and Austria
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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1st December 1919: Lady Nancy Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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30th November 1803: Balmis Expedition sets sail to vaccinate inhabitants of Spanish colonies against smallpox
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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29th November 1929: Richard E. Byrd completes the first flight over the South Pole
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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28th November 1925: The Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio show in the USA, broadcast for the first time
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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27th November 1978: San Francisco politicians George Moscone and Harvey Milk shot dead by former Supervisor Dan White
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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26th November 1789: The first formal National Day of Thanksgiving in the United States
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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25th November 1783: The British Army departed New York City, nearly three months after the end of the American Revolutionary War
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Nov 25, 2023 |