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2019 ‐
US Senators receive a classified briefing on possible UFO sightings by the US Navy
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1964 ‐
Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27
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1931 ‐
1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven, Connecticut
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1913 ‐
Natives Land Act, Act No 27, passed in South Africa: confines Africans to hopelessly overcrowded reserves and deprives them of rights to purchase land outside the native reserves
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1910 ‐
1st airship in service "Germany"
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1875 ‐
The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins
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1846 ‐
First officially recognised baseball game (played by Cartwright Rules) - NY Nines 23 defeat Knickerbockers 1 at Hoboken, New Jersey
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1829 ‐
Robert Peel introduces the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 into Parliament to establish a unified police force for London, world's 1st modern police force
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1790 ‐
French Revolution: The National Assembly issues a decree abolishing the titles, orders and other privileges of the French nobility
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1778 ‐
Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge
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