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2018 ‐
Streaming music services overtake worldwide sales of CDs and vinyl for the first time according to IFPI
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1990 ‐
West & East Germany agree to merge currency & economies on July 1st
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1969 ‐
Paul McCartney says there is no truth to rumors he is dead
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1904 ‐
President Loubet of France visits King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and pointedly ignores the Pope, exacerbating relations between France and the Roman Catholic Church
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1898 ‐
Spanish–American War: Spain declares war after rejecting US ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
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1897 ‐
1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House
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1884 ‐
National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes in Atlanta
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1872 ‐
Volcano Mt Vesuvius erupts in Italy
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1867 ‐
Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond, Virginia streetcars
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1865 ‐
Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation in San Francisco
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1833 ‐
Jacob Evert & George Dulty patent 1st soda fountain
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1800 ‐
US Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation
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