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On this day in History - January 15 Members Public

1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a... 1919 – Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an... 1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in...

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On this day in History - December 18 Members Public

1854 – The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada abolishes... 1898 – Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of...

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On this day in History - December 11 Members Public

1913 – More than two years after it was stolen from the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting... 1934 – Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous... 1962 –... to be executed in Canada.

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On this day in History - December 4 Members Public

1791 – the world’s first Sunday newspaper... 1919 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Polonsky conspiracy... 1982 – The People’s Republic of China adopts...

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On this day in History - November 27 Members Public

1839 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the American... 1992 – In Venezuela, for the second time in a year... 2020 – Days after the announcement of its discovery, the Utah monolith...

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On this day in History - November 20 Members Public

1820 – An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the... 1977 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to...

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On this day in History - November 13 Members Public

1887 – Bloody Sunday... 1918 – World War I: Allied troops occupy Cons... 1994 – In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to...

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On this day in History - November 6 Members Public

1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the... 1947 – Meet the Press, the longest-running television program in...

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On this day in History - October 30 Members Public

1961 – The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most... 1995 – Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour...

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On this day in History - Oct 23 Members Public

1850 – The first National Women’s Rights... 1970 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed... 1998 – Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign...

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On this day in History - Oct 16 Members Public

1919 – Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at... 1964 – China detonates its first... 1994 – In Valledupar, Colombia a branch of the central bank...

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On this day in History - Oct 9 Members Public

1962 – Uganda becomes an...

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On this day in History - Oct 2 Members Public

1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first...

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On this day in History - Sep 25 Members Public

1912 – Columbia University... 1926 – The international Convention to Suppress 1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic

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On this day in History - Sep 18 Members Public

1837 – Tiffany & Co..., 1934 – The Soviet Union is admitted to...

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On this day in History - Sep 11 Members Public

1609 – Henry Hudson arrives on... 1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with... 1916 – The Quebec Bridge’s central span... 2001 – A series of coordinated terrorist attacks...

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