| Today in History |
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2020 ‐
US Department of Defense releases three declassified videos of possible UFOs from 2004 and 2015
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2019 ‐
American diver Victor Vescovo makes the deepest dive ever to the bottom of the Mariana trench at 10,927m (35,849ft), and finds a plastic bag
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2018 ‐
Indian government announces electricity has now reached every Indian village
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2005 ‐
The Patent Law Treaty goes into effect.
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2003 ‐
Andre Agassi recaptures the world no. 1 ranking to become the oldest top-ranked male in the history of the ATP rankings (33 years, 13 days)
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1989 ‐
Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money
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1952 ‐
WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect
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1947 ‐
Thor Heyerdahl and the crew of the "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia
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1942 ‐
"WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
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1937 ‐
1st commercial flight across Pacific operated by Pan Am
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1931 ‐
Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field
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1848 ‐
Slavery abolished in French colonies
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1789 ‐
Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on HMS Bounty against its captain William Bligh in the South Pacific
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1770 ‐
British Captain James Cook, aboard the Endeavour, lands at Botany Bay in Australia
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