| Today in History |
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2019 ‐
Mexico City declares an environmental emergency after air pollution reaches dangerous levels
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2008 ‐
California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
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1990 ‐
Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45
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1963 ‐
Peter, Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)
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1928 ‐
Mickey Mouse makes his 1st ever appearance in silent film "Plane Crazy"
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1905 ‐
Las Vegas founded in Nevada
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1897 ‐
The Scientific-Humanitarian Committee is founded in Berlin by Magnus Hirschfeld, the first-ever LGBT rights organization
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1869 ‐
National Woman Suffrage Association forms in New York, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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1862 ‐
US Department of Agriculture created
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1817 ‐
First private mental health hospital opens in the US, Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1793 ‐
Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 metres", at a height of 5-6 metres, one of the first attempted flights
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