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2021 ‐
Idaho Department of Health and Wellness says whole state now in a hospital resource crisis, will ration healthcare, due to COVID-19 surge
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2018 ‐
Cycling land speed record broken for men and women by Denise Mueller-Korenek riding 183.932 mph (296.010 km/h) Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
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2015 ‐
Report 3 million people die each year of air pollution, more than malaria and HIV/Aids combined published in "Nature" journal
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1990 ‐
Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George H. W. Bush
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1968 ‐
Richard Nixon appears on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in"
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1963 ‐
"The Outer Limits" premieres on ABC-TV
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1908 ‐
Carriage-maker, William C. Durant, founds General Motors in Flint, Michigan
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1893 ‐
Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma, opens white settlement homesteaders
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1873 ‐
German troops leave France
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1858 ‐
1st overland mail for California
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1848 ‐
Slavery abolished in all French territories
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1847 ‐
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust buys bard's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon
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1810 ‐
Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, calling for the end of Spanish rule (Mexican Independence Day)
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1782 ‐
Great Seal of the United States of America used for the first time
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