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1975 ‐
Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in North Carolina
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1961 ‐
US President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev meet at the Vienna Summit in Austria
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1941 ‐
Republic of Croatia orders all Jews to wear a star with the letter Z
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1940 ‐
British complete the "Miracle of Dunkirk" by evacuating 338,226 allied troops from France via a flotilla of over 800 vessels including Royal Navy destroyers, merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft and even lifeboats
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1912 ‐
Massachusetts passes 1st US minimum wage law
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1896 ‐
Henry Ford takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit
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1876 ‐
An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.
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1875 ‐
Pacific Stock Exchange opens
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1812 ‐
Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"
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1784 ‐
Madame Elizabeth Thible becomes the first female balloonist
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1783 ‐
Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public hot-air balloon flight (unmanned), covering 2km and lasting 10 minutes with an estimated altitude of 1,600-2,000m
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