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2015 ‐
Out Magazine names Barack Obama 'Ally of the Year', Obama becomes 1st sitting US President to pose for cover of a gay magazine
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1998 ‐
Vice President of the United States Al Gore symbolically signs the Kyoto Protocol
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1990 ‐
The World Wide Web is first proposed by CERN computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau
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1980 ‐
NYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana
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1974 ‐
A salmon is discovered in the River Thames, England, for the first time since 1833
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1954 ‐
Ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor is closed
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1933 ‐
First known photo of so-called Loch Ness monster is taken by Hugh Gray
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1926 ‐
The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival liquor gangs, the Sheltons and the Birgers
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1920 ‐
The Dalmatian coast between Italy and Yugoslavia is ceded to Yugoslavia
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1900 ‐
Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris closes after 50 million visitors - Art Nouveau style dominates
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1833 ‐
The great Leonid Meteor shower recorded
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1775 ‐
General Washington forbids recruiting officers from enlisting black troops
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