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2023 ‐
Ex-President Donald Trump indicted, first time a President has ever been indicted.
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2017 ‐
North Carolina repeals its controversial bathroom law that restricted transgender use
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1987 ‐
Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" sells for a record 22.5 million pounds ($39.7 million)
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1981 ‐
US President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded in an assassination attempt by John Hinckley, three others are also wounded
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1965 ‐
Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others
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1945 ‐
USSR invades Austria
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1909 ‐
New York's Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens
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1858 ‐
Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia)
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1856 ‐
Russia signs the Treaty of Paris, ending the Crimean War
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1822 ‐
Congress combines East & West Florida into Florida Territory
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1814 ‐
Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification
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1814 ‐
Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon
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