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2016 ‐
Second US Presidential debate: Hostile confrontation between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at Washington University, St. Louis
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1997 ‐
North Carolina's record winning college basketball coach Dean Smith retires
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1982 ‐
Attack on synagogue in Rome leaves 1 dead
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1946 ‐
First electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50
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1936 ‐
Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles
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1929 ‐
Part of lost Piri Reis World Map, compiled by Ottoman general Piri Reis in 1513, rediscovered in the Topaki Palace Library, Istanbul. Earliest map of Columbus's voyages.
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1915 ‐
Belgrade, Serbia, surrenders to Central leaders
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1876 ‐
1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires
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1870 ‐
Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree
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1855 ‐
American inventor Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor
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1824 ‐
Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica
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1781 ‐
Americans under George Washington and the French under comte de Rochambeau begin bombardment of Yorktown, the last battle of American Revolutionary War
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