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2063 ‐
Earth's 1st contact with the extraterrestrial Vulcan species in the Star Trek universe
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2016 ‐
San Francisco becomes the first US city to mandate paid parental leave
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1997 ‐
Steve Irwin's "The Crocodile Hunter" debuts
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1964 ‐
1st driverless trains run on London Underground
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1951 ‐
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death
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1936 ‐
Tupelo, Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die
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1923 ‐
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts producing inflatable tires
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1895 ‐
Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices
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1887 ‐
Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller
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1861 ‐
Federals abandon Ft Quitman, Texas
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1806 ‐
Isaac Quintard patents apple cider
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1792 ‐
George Washington casts 1st presidential veto
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1768 ‐
1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC)
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1764 ‐
British Parliament passes the Sugar Tax on the American colonies, introduced by Prime Minister George Grenville
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