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2020 ‐
European Union announces a 30-day ban on entering its 26 countries for almost all travelers as it struggles to contain COVID-19
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1995 ‐
US approves 1st chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck & Co
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1992 ‐
South African President F. W. de Klerk wins a white only referendum
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1966 ‐
US submarine locates missing hydrogen bomb on the Mediterranean sea floor
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1957 ‐
Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted
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1938 ‐
The Italian Air Force, in support of Francisco Franco, bombs Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War
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1921 ‐
Vladimir Lenin proclaims New Economic Politics
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1861 ‐
Italy is unified into a single kingdom under Victor Emmanuel II following the campaigns led by Giuseppe Garibaldi
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1845 ‐
Bristol man Henry Jones patents self-raising flour
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1845 ‐
Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London
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1756 ‐
St. Patrick's Day is first celebrated in NYC at the Crown & Thistle Tavern
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