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2019 ‐
US House of Representatives votes to formalize impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump
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2011 ‐
The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations
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1988 ‐
First Monday Night NFL game played in Indianapolis; Colts beat Denver Broncos, 55-23
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1969 ‐
Eastside race riot in Jacksonville, Florida
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1969 ‐
George Harrison's "Something" is released by the Beatles as a single in UK, his first "A" side
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1968 ‐
US President Lyndon B. Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam
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1941 ‐
Mount Rushmore Monument is completed in South Dakota, designed by Gutzon Borglum
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1940 ‐
Battle of Britain, fought between the RAF and Luftwaffe over the English Channel and southern England, ends with a British victory
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1937 ‐
Spanish government moves from Valencia to Barcelona
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1917 ‐
World War I: Battle of Beersheba in southern Palestine - "last successful cavalry charge in history" performed by the 4th Australian Light Horse
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1913 ‐
1st US paved coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway is dedicated
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1888 ‐
Scottish vet John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tyre
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1868 ‐
Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers
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1815 ‐
Cornishman Sir Humphry Davy patents miner's safety lamp
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1756 ‐
Giacomo Casanova escapes from prison in Venice by climbing onto the roof
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