Today in History |
2021 ‐
DR Congo announces the end of the latest Ebola outbreak after three months with a death toll of six
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1999 ‐
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time in its history at 11,014.70.
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1947 ‐
Japan's post-war constitution goes into effect, granting universal suffrage, stripping Emperor Hirohito of all but symbolic power and outlawing Japan's right to make war
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1937 ‐
Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With The Wind"
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1921 ‐
West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
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1906 ‐
British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey
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1845 ‐
1st African American lawyer, Macon B Allen, admitted to the bar in Massachusetts
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1802 ‐
Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city
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1791 ‐
Constitution of May 3 is proclaimed by the Great Sejm (Parliament) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, becoming the 1st modern constitution in Europe
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1765 ‐
1st North American medical college opens in Philadelphia
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