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1	1959 - Antarctica made a military-free continent 1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus 1913 - Ford's new car assembly line is introduced
2	2001 - Enron files for bankruptcy 1959 - Dam collapses in France, killing 412 1902 - The first working V-8 engine is patented in France 1804 - Napoleon crowned crowned king of France
3	1984 - An pesticide plant in India is explodes, killing 2000 1967 - First human heart transplant 1818 - Illinois becomes the 21st state
4	1984 - GM stops production of diesel engines. 1971 - 6,700,000 faulty GM vehicles are recalled. 1945 - Senate approves U.S. participation in United Nations. 1918 - The first US President (W. Wilson) visits Europe.
5	1977 - The first US front-wheel-drive car is introduced. 1955 - Two largest labor groups, AFO and CIO, are merged. 1776 - The first Phi Beta Kappa fraternity is found. 1932 - Ford Model C and V-8 introduced. 1782 - Martin Van Buren, America’s 8th president, is born in New York.
6	1979 - Convertible "Bug" retires 1946 - First Meeting of the United Nations 1942 - Ford makes Jeeps
7	1989 - Ronald Reagan gives his farewell speech 1935 - 1st female solo pilot Earhart flies from HI to CA 1908 - Grand Canyon National Monument is created
8	1932 - Ophelia Caraway: the 1st elected female US senator 1919 - First meeting of Big Four Nations' leaders in Paris 1879 - British-Zulu War begins
9	1942 - Henry Ford patents plastic car 1966 - 1st African-American cabinet member is appointed 1910 - First radio demonstration
10	1980 - Gold prices soar $800/ounce 1966 - Franklin Roosevelt - 1st President travels by airplane 1910 - The first constitution in the American colonies
11	1970 - Qaddafi serves as Premier of Libya 1941 - US and Britain declare war on Japan. 1941 - US declares war on Germany and Italy. 1936 - Ford Foundation is established 1929 - Martin Luther King Jr. is born 1909 - Hearse used for the first time 1777 - Vermont declares independence from Britain & NY 1559 - Elizabeth crowned Queen of England
12	1991 - Iraq war - Operations Desert Storm begins 1979 - Shad flees Iran 1945 - Adolf Hitler retires to his bunker hideaway 1913 - Duryea introduced the first hardtop sedan in US
13	1945 - Soviets capture Warsaw 1893 - Americans overthrown Hawaiian monarchy 1899 - New car speed (43.69 mph) record is set
14	1950 - Soviet Union recognizes North Vietnam 1912 - Bentley Motor was established in London 1912 - British explorer Robert Scott reaches the South pole 1899 - New car speed (43.69 mph) record is set 1778 - British explorer James Cook discovers Hawaii
15	1966 - Indira Gandhi leads India 1950 - China recognizes North Vietnam 1941 - British attack Italians in Africa 1915 - First air raid on Britain
16	1960 - Two airplanes collide over New York City, killing 134 1949 - The first Swedish motorcar is produced 1920 - Earthquake devastates Gansu province of China
17	1976 - The first commercial Concordes takes off 1954 - The world's 1st gas-turbine powered car (FXP-21) 1924 - Vladimir Lenin, the first Soviet leader, dies 1899 - (GM) Opel opens for business 1793 - King Louis XVI executed 1789 - The first American novel published
18	1973 - US Supreme Court legalizes abortion 1973 - Lyndon Baines Johnson dies in Texas 1905 - Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia 1840 - British colonists reach New Zealand
19	1973 - Nixon announces peace settlement reached in Paris 1968 - North Korea seizes U.S. ship Pueblo 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell - First woman receives M.D.
20	1965 - Winston Churchill dies 1927 - First Alfred Hitchcock film opens 1907 - G. Curtiss sets motorcycle-speed record: 136.3mph
21	1995 - Near launching of Russian nukes 1980 - Mao's widow sentenced to death 1949 - First Emmy awards 1942 - Thailand declares war on the U.S. and England 1890 - United Mine Workers of America founded
22	1950 - Republican India born 1945 - Soviets liberate Auschwitz 1918 - Ukraine declares its independence 1905 - World's largest diamond found 1500 - Spanish explorer Vicente Y. Pinzon discovers Brazil
23	2011 - Yeman President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, surrenders power. 1973 - US-Vietnam Paris Peace Accords signed 1951 - First atomic detonation at the Nevada test site 1944 - Siege of Leningrad lifted 1943 - First American bombs dropped in Germany 1899 - Jenatzy captures car-speed record: 49.932 mph
24	1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 1973 - Vietnam war's cease-fire goes into effect 1964 - Soviets shoot down U.S. jet 1956 - Elvis' first TV appearance 1902 - Carnegie Institution established
25	2002 - George W. Bush makes “Axis of Evil” speech 1989 - Yugo files for bankruptcy 1979 - Carter & Deng open new China-US relations 1886 - Karl Benz gets his "Motorwagen" patent
26	1933 - Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany 1948 - Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi 1882 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born 1649 - King Charles I executed for treason
27	1990 - First McDonald's opens in Soviet Union 1971 - Apollo 14 departs for the moon 1940 - First social security check arrives 1939 - G. Burns sentenced for buying smuggled goods
28	1984 - AT&T and its Baby Bells are broken up 1959 - NASA created 1959 - Cuban dictator Batista falls from power 1942 - United Nations created 1856- President Wilson is born in Virginia.
29	1994 - Chrysler's Neon hits the road. 1974 - Nixon signs highway speed limits. 1808 - President A. Johnson is born in North Carolina. 1788 - Georgia state joins the U.S.
30	1961 - The U.S. severs diplomatic relations with Cuba 1959 - Alaska state joins the U.S. 1938 - March of Dimes is found by Franklin Roosevelt
31	1995 - Republican controls 104th Congress after 40 years 1896 - Utah state joins the U.S.