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1996 ‐
The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan for Russia
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1981 ‐
Police & Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo, Yugoslavia
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1969 ‐
Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched
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1953 ‐
Dr. Jonas Salk announces that he has successfully tested a vaccine to prevent polio, clinical trials began the next year
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1944 ‐
705 British bombers attack Essen, Germany
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1937 ‐
Spinach growers of Crystal City, Texas, erect statue of Popeye
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1930 ‐
Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway
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1913 ‐
Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War
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1910 ‐
US forbids immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick
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1830 ‐
The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York
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1804 ‐
Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
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1780 ‐
1st British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette & Sunday Monitor)
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