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2002 - Euro coins and notes went into circulation in twelve European nations.
It becomes the official currency of Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Greece,
Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Portugal. 2002 - The Indonessian province of Iran Jaya (West Papua) officially becomes Papua. 1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect. 1993 - Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. 1984 - AT&T and its Baby Bells are broken up. 1978 - Air India 747 with 213 aboard exploded, and pluged into sea minutes after takeoff in Bombay. 1959 - NASA created. 1959 - Cuban dictator Batista falls from power. 1942 - United Nations created. 1914 - The world's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, debuts operation in St. Petersburg, Florida. | |
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1994 - Chrysler's Neon hits the road 1974 - Nixon signs highway speed limits 1959 - The first spacecraft flied by the Moon and orbited the Sun, Mechta (Luna I) was launched by the USSR. 1905 - The Russo-Japanese war ended. 1839 - Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre took the first picture of the Moon. 1788 - Georgia state joins the U.S. | |
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1967 - Jack Ruby, the man who shot John Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died. 1961 - The U.S. severs diplomatic relations with Cuba. 1959 - Alaska state joins the U.S. 1947 - Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time. 1938 - March of Dimes is found by Franklin Roosevelt. 1833 - Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands. | |
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1999 - The U.S. Mint started to distribute the 50 State Quarters. 1995 - Republican controls 104th Congress after 40 years. 1951 - North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul. 1948 - Burma (Myanmar) gained its independence from Great Britain. 1896 - Utah state joins the U.S. | |
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1972 - President Nixon signs the order of the development of the space shuttle. 1940 - The first FM radio demonstration 1933 - Golden Gate Bridge is built. 1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor of a state (Wyoming). 1924 - The first Chrysler's car is built. 1643 - First divorce given in the U.S. | |
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1980 - Jimmy Carter signed $1.2B bill loan saved Chrysler 1971 - Army drops charges of My Lai cover-up 1919 - Former president Theodore Roosevelt dies in Oyster Bay, N.Y. 1912 - New Mexico joins the U.S. 1838 - Samuel Morse givef the first public demonstration of the telegraph. 1066 - Harold II crowns king of England | |
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2002 - A big snowstorm drops about 12 in (30 cm) of snow on Jordan and Lebanon. 1989 - Emperor Hirohito dies 1971 - GM's Saturn is built 1965 - Civilian government is restored in Saigon 1953 - Truman announces U.S. developed hydrogen bomb 1927 - Commercial telephone service begins between New York and London. 1800 - Preident Filmore is born in New York. 1782 - First commercial bank opens for business | |
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1996 - A Russian-built Antonov-32 cargo plane crashed after takeoff from Kinshasa, Zaire, into the center of the city, killing over 350 people and injuring at least 470. 1982 - The AT&T monopoly agrees divesting itself of 22 Bell System companies and splitting itself into seven "Baby Bells." 1976 - Chinese leader Zhou Enlai dies. 1962 - Mona Lisa exhibited in Washington DC. 1959 - Charles de Gaulle become the first president of France's Fifth Republic. 1790 - George Washington delivers first State of the Union 1642 - Astronomer Galileo dies | |
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1986 - Kodak barred from selling cameras. 1968 - Surveyor 7, the last of America's unmanned lunar probes, landed on the Moon. 1958 - Japanese cars arrive in California. 1913 - President Richard Nixon is born in California. 1788 - Connecticut becomes the 5th state in the United States. 1894- First motion picture/movie given copyright. 1861- Mississippi becomes the 2nd state to secede from the Union. | |
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2002 - The US military begins bringing al-Qaeda and Taliban prisioners to its Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 1984 - The U.S. and the Vatican reestablish diplomatic relations after a 117-year break. 1979 - Convertible "Bug" retires 1967 - Edward Brooke, the first African-American senator elected by popular vote in MA, took his seat. 1962 - Avalanche down Huascaran (Peru), extinct Andean volcano, killed more than 3,000 people. 1946 - The first General Assembly of the United Nations is held in London. 1942 - Ford makes Jeeps | |
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2002 - The first 20 al-Qaeda prisoners arrive at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 2002 - Ford Motor announces the manufacturing discontinuation of its Lincoln Continential, Ford Escort, Mercury Cougar, and Mercury Villager. 1989 - Ronald Reagan gives his farewell speech. 1964 - The first report regarding the dangers of cigarette smoking is issued by the U.S. Surgeon General, Luther Terry. 1935 - 1st female solo pilot Earhart flies from HI to CA. 1908 - Grand Canyon National Monument is created. | |
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1932 - Hattie W. Caraway, a democrat from Arkansas, is elected as the first female U.S. senator. 1919 - First meeting of Big Four Nations' leaders in Paris. 1915 - The U.S. House of Representatives reject a proposal to give women the right to vote. 1879 - British-Zulu War begins. 1773 - The first public U.S. museum is established in Charleston, S.C. | |
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1990 - Douglas Wilder (D-Virginia) becomes the first elected African-American governor in the U.S. 1966 - 1st African-American cabinet member is appointed 1942 - Henry Ford patents plastic car 1915 - Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy left 29,980 killed and city totally destroyed. 1910 - First radio demonstration | |
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2011 - Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali steps down as President of Tunisia amid growing unrest on the streets of the capital and other towns
and cities after his 23-year-long authoritarian rule. He fled to Saudi
Arabia. 1980 - Gold prices soar $800/ounce. 1966 - Franklin Roosevelt, the 1st President travels by airplane. 1953 - Tito formally becomes the first president of the Republic of Yugoslavia. 1910 - The first constitution in the American colonies | |
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1992 - The European Community recognizes Croatia and Slovenia as the separate states, effectively ended the Yugoslav federation, founded in 1918. 1973 - President Nixon orders halt to offensive operations in North Vietnam. 1970 - Qaddafi serves as Premier of Libya. 1967 - The first Super Bowl is played: Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10. 1943 - The construction of the world's largest office building, Pentagon, is completed. 1936 - Ford Foundation is established 1929 - Martin Luther King Jr. is born 1909 - Hearse used for the first time 1777 - The Republic of New Connecticut declares its independence from Britain & NY. Six months later it was renamed Vermont. 1759 - The British Museum is opened. 1559 - Queen Elizabeth I is crowned in Westminster Abbey. | |
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2001 - Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is assassinated. 1991 - Iraq war - Operations Desert Storm begins 1979 - Shad flees Iran 1945 - Adolf Hitler retires to his bunker hideaway 1913 - Duryea introduces the first hardtop sedan in US 1883 - The U.S. Civil Service Commission is established. 1547 - Ivan the Terrible is crowned the first czar of Russia. | |
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2002 - Colin Powell visits Kabul Afghanistan as the first US State Secretary since Henry Kissinger in 1976. 1995 - Earthquake occured in Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe of Japan; magnitude 7.1; 5,100 killed and 26,800 injured. 1994 - Earthquake measuring 6.6 in San Fernando Valley, California, killed 61 people and injured over 8,000. 1945 - Soviets capture Warsaw 1893 - Americans overthrown Hawaiian monarchy 1899 - New car speed (43.69 mph) record is set 1806 - James Madison Randolph, the grandson of Thomas Jefferson, became the first child born in the White House. 1706 - Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston. | |
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2002 - Nw rules requiring checking all lugguages in US airports go to in effect. 1993 - All 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. 1950 - Soviet Union recognizes North Vietnam 1943 - The Nazi siege of Leningrad (Soviet) is broken. 1912 - Bentley Motor is 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 1733 - The first polar bear was exhibited in America, in Boston. | |
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2001 - President Clinton admitted he made false statements under oath about Monica Lewinsky. 1997 - Yasser Arafat returned to Hebron after 30 years, as Israel transfers control of the West Bank city to Palestinians. 1966 - Indira Gandhi is elected prime minister of India. 1950 - China recognizes North Vietnam 1941 - British attack Italians in Africa 1915 - First air raid on Britain 1915 - The electric neon sign is patented in the U.S. by George Claude of Paris, France. | |
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2009 - Barack Hussein Obama II is sworn in as the 44th US President 1996 - Arafat is elected as leader of Palestine 1986 - Martin Luther King, Jr., day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time. 1981 - Ronald Reagan becomes the oldest president to take office (69 years + 349 days) 1981 - 52 American hostages seized from the American Embassy in Tehran were released after 444 days in captivity. 1971 - The Jaguar XJ13 prototype was displayed in England 1969 - Richard Nixon takes office 1964 - The Beatles released their first album "Meet the Beatles" in the U.S. 1961 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy is inaugurated 1946 - The first Kaiser-Frazer cars are introduced in NY 1945 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated to his 4th term 1937 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in as president 1841 - As a result of the First Opium War, Hong Kong is ceded to Britain. | |
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2003 - The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Hispanics had surpassed Blacks as the largest minority group. 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 in Moscow 1899 - (GM) Opel opens for business 1793 - King Louis XVI executed 1789 - The first American novel published | |
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2002 - Kmart files for bankruptcy protection. 1997 - The U.S. Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the first female secretary of state. 1973 - The US Supreme Court legalizes some abortions in Roe v. Wade. 1973 - Lyndon Baines Johnson dies in Texas at the age 64 1973 - 171 Nigerian Moslems returning from Mecca and 5 crewmen died in crash in Kano, Nigeria. 1905 - Massacre in Russia: 500 workers are killed by the Czar's troops in "Bloody Sunday" in St. Petersburg. 1840 - British colonists reach New Zealand | |
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1989 - Salvador Dali (famous Spanish painter) dies in Spain at age 84. 1973 - President Nixon announces peace settlement reached in Paris to end the Vietnam War. 1968 - North Korea seizes U.S. ship Pueblo (the crew was released 11 months later) 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman receives M.D. 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman received M.D. (physician) in the U.S. 1789 - Georgetown University established in Washington, DC. 1556 - The deadliest earthquake on record killed 830,000 in Shansi, China. | |
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2003 - The Department of Homeland Security, under Tom Ridge, becomed a cabinet department. 1993 - The first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, dies. 1986 - Voyager II space probe passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus. 1972 - Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi is discovered in Guam; he spent 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking World War II was still going on. 1965 - Winston Churchill dies in London at age 90. 1927 - First Alfred Hitchcock film opens 1924 - Earthquake in Chile razed 50,000 sq miles about 30,000 killed. 1907 - G. Curtiss sets motorcycle-speed record: 136.3mph 1556 - Earthquake in Shaanxi (Shensi) province, Chia, killed more than 830,000 people. | |
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2002 - India test-fires an intermediate-range nuclear-capable missile. 1995 - Near launching of Russian nukes 1980 - Mao's widow sentenced to death 1961 - President John F. Kennedy holds the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and television. 1949 - First Emmy awards 1942 - Thailand declares war on the U.S. and England 1924 - The first Winter Olympic games opened at Chamonix, France. 1915 - Alexander Graham Bell inaugurats transcontinental telephone service. 1890 - United Mine Workers of America is founded | |
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2004 - President Hamid Karzai signed the new constitution of Afghanistan. 2001 - A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked the Indian state of Gujarat, killing more than 20,000 people. 1993 - Vaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic. 1950 - Republican India born 1950 after 3 years gaining its independence from the United Kingdom 1945 - Soviets liberate Auschwitz 1918 - Ukraine declares its independence 1905 - World's largest diamond found 1837 - Michigan became the 26th state in the U.S. 1788 - The first European settlers landed in Sydney, Australia. 1500 - Spanish explorer Vicente Y. Pinzon discovers Brazil | |
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1973 - US-Vietnam Paris Peace Accords is signed 1967 - The Apollo I fire kills astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee during a simulated launch at Cape Canaveral. 1951 - First atomic detonates at the Nevada test site 1945 - The Russians liberates Auschwitz concentration camp, where the Nazis had killed over 1.5 million people, including over 1 million Jews. 1944 - Siege of Leningrad is lifted 1943 - First American bombs drops in Germany 1899 - Jenatzy captures car-speed record: 49.932 mph 1880 - Thomas Edison is granted a patent for his incandescent light. | |
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2002 - Verizon announces its first commercial 3G wireless service in the US. 1999- The creation of Element 114 "ununquadium " is announced by scientists. 1986 - U.S. shuttle Challenger explodes 72 seconds after lift off, killing all seven crew members aboard. 1973 - Vietnam war's cease-fire goes into effect. 1964 - Soviets shoot down U.S. jet. 1956 - Elvis' first TV appearance. 1915 - Congress passed legislation creating the U.S. Coast Guard. 1902 - Carnegie Institution established. | |
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2002 - George W. Bush makes “Axis of Evil” in his first state of the union address to Congress. 2002 - Prime Minister Ilir Meta of Albania unexpectedly resigns his post. 1989 - Yugo files for bankruptcy. 1979 - Carter & Deng open new China-US relations 1901 - President McKenley is born in Ohio. 1886 - Karl Benz receives a patent ("Motorwagen") for the first successful gasoline-driven car. 1861 - Kansas became the 34th state in the U.S. | |
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1972 - British troops opened fire on civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland, sparking the "Bloody Sunday" massacre. 1968 - North Vietnamese forces launched attacks against the South Vietnamese, beginning the Tet offensive. 1933 - Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany. 1948 - Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi. 1882 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born in New York. 1649 - King Charles I of England was beheaded for treason. | |
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1990 - First McDonald's is opened in Soviet Union. 1971 - NASA Apollo 14 departs for the moon. 1958 - The first U.S. earth satellite, Explorer I, is launched. 1940 - The first social security check is issued to Ida Fuller for $22.54. 1939 - G. Burns sentenced for buying smuggled goods 1865 - The House of Representatives approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery in the U.S. | |
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