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On this day in History - August 26 Members Public

1940 – World War II: Chad...| 1970 – The fiftieth anniversary of American women...| 1977 – The Charter of the French Language is adopted by...

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On this day in History - August 19th Members Public

1964 – Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite...| 2004 – Google Inc. has its... | 2017 – Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally...

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On this day in History - August 12 Members Public

1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for...| 1960 – Echo 1A, NASA's first...| 1981 – The IBM...|1992 – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce...| 1994 – Major League Baseball players go on...

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On this day in History - August 5 Members Public

1689 – Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack... 1735 – Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer is acquitted of seditious libel against... 1940 – World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes...

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On this day in History - July 29 Members Public

1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act... | 1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of...

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On this day in History - July 22 Members Public

1933 – Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo... 1942 – The United States government begins compulsory civilian... 1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens between...

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On this day in History - July 15 Members Public

1741 - the first Europeans to visit Alaska... | 1799 - The Rosetta Stone is found in... | 1849 – The first air raid in history occurs...

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On this day in History - July 8 2024 Members Public

1892 – St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in... 1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO... 1889 – The first issue of The...

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On this day in History - July 1 Members Public

1867 – The British North America Act takes effect as... 1881 – The world’s first international telephone call is made between... 1903 – Start of first Tour de...

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On this day in History - June 24 Members Public

1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and... 1911 – Hiram Bingham III re-discovers... 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes...

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On this day in History - June 17 Members Public

1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in...|1939 – Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted...|1985 – Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying payload specialist, Sultan...

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On this day in History - June 10 Members Public

1829 – The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the U... 1935 – Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholic... 1947 – Saab produces its first automobile.

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On this day in History - June 3 Members Public

1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to... 1965 – The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA... 1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after...

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On this day in History - May 27 Members Public

1813 – War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture... 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the... 1930 – The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tall...

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On this day in History - May 20 Members Public

1802 – By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in... 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for... 1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world’s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing...

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On this day in History - May 13 Members Public

1950 – The inaugural Formula One World Championship race takes place at... 1958 – Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnav... 1995 – Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to conquer Ev...

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