| Today in History |
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2008 ‐
Iran's attempt to create the world's largest sandwich (1,500 metres) fails when crowds eat it before it can be measured
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2006 ‐
The United States population reaches 300 million
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1979 ‐
US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating Department of Education
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1967 ‐
"Hair" premieres on Broadway
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1921 ‐
Belgium's public library law goes into force
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1918 ‐
Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic
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1894 ‐
Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man
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1888 ‐
Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie)
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1871 ‐
US President Ulysses S. Grant suspends habeas corpus in parts of South Carolina during prosecutions against Ku Klux Klan
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1829 ‐
Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens
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1808 ‐
Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw
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1777 ‐
British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War
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