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2021 ‐
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promises to save the country's shores from a build-up of 'sea snot' (marine mucilage) due to pollution and climate change
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2013 ‐
The first article based on NSA leaked documents by Edward Snowden are published by the Guardian Newspaper in the UK
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1963 ‐
State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested
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1933 ‐
US drops the Gold Standard when Congress enacts a joint resolution nullifying creditors right to demand payment in gold
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1902 ‐
Emperor Wilhelm II responds to growing demands from Polish and other Slavic peoples living within German territory by calling for more 'Germanization' of the Slavs
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1876 ‐
Bananas become popular in US, at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
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1873 ‐
Sultan Bargash bin Said under British pressure closes the infamous slave market of Zanzibar in modern day Tanzania
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1833 ‐
Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage
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1829 ‐
HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba
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1805 ‐
1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois)
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1794 ‐
US Congress passes the Neutrality Act, banning Americans from serving in foreign armed forces
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