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2021 ‐
Largest-ever pile up in the Tour de France caused by a spectator with a sign during Stage 1. Spectator later hunted down and arrested.
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2018 ‐
Polio outbreak confirmed in New Guinea by WHO, 18 years after it was declared free of the disease
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1963 ‐
Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns commercial TV
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1917 ‐
1st US troops arrive in France during World War I
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1911 ‐
Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph (133 kph)
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1906 ‐
Hungarian driver Ferenc Szisz in a Renault AK 90CV wins 1st Grand-Prix motor racing event in Le Mans, France
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1894 ‐
Karl Benz of Germany receives US patent for gasoline-driven auto
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1870 ‐
1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens
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1857 ‐
The first 62 recipients are awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Crimean war by Queen Victoria
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1848 ‐
1st pure food law enacted in US
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1797 ‐
Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow, though farmers fear effects of iron on soil
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