| Today in History |
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2021 ‐
105 year old Julia Hawkins sets world record as first woman and first American her age to run 100 meters Louisiana Senior Olympic Games
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1989 ‐
East Berlin opens its borders
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1980 ‐
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
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1955 ‐
UN disapproves of South Africa's apartheid politics
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1946 ‐
US President Harry Truman ends wage/price freeze
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1944 ‐
Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize
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1930 ‐
1st nonstop airplane flight from NY to Panama
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1918 ‐
Emperor Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in World War I
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1904 ‐
1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes
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1862 ‐
US General Ulysses S. Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him
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1857 ‐
Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published
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1842 ‐
The first U.S. design patent for typefaces and borders was issued to George Bruce of New York City
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1821 ‐
1st US pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia
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1799 ‐
Napoleon Bonaparte pulls off a coup and becomes the dictator of France under the title of First Consul
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