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2017 ‐
Alibaba becomes the world's largest retailer according to US Securities and Exchange Commission
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1999 ‐
Jack Ma founds Chinese internet company Alibaba
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1994 ‐
Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications
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1975 ‐
Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800
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1972 ‐
1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
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1968 ‐
US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee
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1964 ‐
Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
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1960 ‐
Senegal declares independence from France
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1902 ‐
Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million
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1896 ‐
Announcement of gold discovery in Yukon
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1870 ‐
Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800
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1850 ‐
City of Los Angeles incorporated
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1828 ‐
Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)
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1818 ‐
Congress decides on the US flag: 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars
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1789 ‐
1st US Congress begins regular sessions during George Washington's presidency at Federal Hall, NYC (ending 1791)
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