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2019 ‐
Water detected for first time on planet outside out solar system, on exoplanet K2-18b 110 light-years away, in findings published in "Nature Astronomy"
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2001 ‐
- 9/11 attack on the United States
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1996 ‐
Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad.
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1967 ‐
"The Carol Burnett Show" starring Carol Burnett premieres on CBS-TV in the US
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1921 ‐
Nahalal, the first moshav in Israel, is settled
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1910 ‐
1st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood)
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1903 ‐
The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. The oldest major speedway in the world.
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1893 ‐
Bronx Gas & Electric Company opens on Frisby & Tremont Ave
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1857 ‐
Mountain Meadows Massacre, Mormons dressed as Indians murder 120 colonists in Utah
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1847 ‐
1st singing of Stephen Foster's "Oh! Susanna" (in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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1814 ‐
Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; American Navy defeats British
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1777 ‐
Battle of Brandywine, Pennysylvania; Americans lose to the British, Polish soldier Casimir Pulaski saves life of George Washington
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1773 ‐
Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"
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