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1
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1864
1959
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U.S. Post Offices begin selling money order
Montreal Canadians goalie Jacques Plante is first hockey player to wear face mask
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2
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1889
1947
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North Dakota & South Dakota become the 39th and 40th states
Howard Hughes pilots the $25,000 Spruce Goose’s only flight out of Long Beach, CA
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3
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1903
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Listerine trademark is registered
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4
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1862
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Richard Gatling received a patent for the machine gun
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5
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1492
1911
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Corn is discovered by the Spanish in Cuba
1st Transcontinental flight arrives in California from New York in 82 hours and 4 minutes
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6
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1947
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Meet the Press debuts on NBC
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7
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1916
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Jeannette Rankin (R-Montana) becomes the first woman elected into the U.S. Congress
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8
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1956
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Cecile B. Demille’s “The Ten Commandments” appears in the theaters
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9
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1944
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet premiers on CBS radio station
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10
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1871
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Journalist and explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley locates missing missionary Dr. David Livingstone in Central Africa—“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
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11
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1898
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Nabisco (National Biscuit Company) opened its doors
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12
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1939
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The first told origin of the Batman was in Detective Comics 33
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13
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1982
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington D.C.
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14
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1851
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Herman Melville’s classic, Moby Dick is published
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15
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1904
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King C. Gillette introduced the safety disposable razor
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16
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2348BC
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Noah’s flood ends
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17
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1928
1894
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Walt Disney premieres his first cartoon with sound Steamboat Willie
A Sunday comics section is published for the 1st time in the New York World
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18
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1947
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White glue became known as Elmer’s Glue
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19
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1954
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The 1st automatic toll collectors in American are installed in the Garden State Parkway in NJ
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20
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1919
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Tucson AZ celebrates the opening of the 1st municipal airport in the U.S.
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21
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1980
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75% of the U.S primetime viewing audience watched season opener of Dallas to find out
“who shot JR”
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22
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1906
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In Berlin, SOS approved as the international distress signal
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23
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1936
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First publication of Life Magazine
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24
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1874
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Joseph Glidden introduced barbed wire fencing
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25
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1851
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First North American chapter of the YMCA is organized
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26
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1942
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Casablanca premiers in New York City
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27
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1889
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Curtis Brady receives the 1st license to drive a car through Central Park In New York
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28
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1846
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Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
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29
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1890
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First Army-Navy football game played at West Point, New York
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30
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1858
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John Mason introduces the Mason jar—screw neck bottle
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