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2019 ‐
Singer Sam Smith comes out as non-binary in interview on Jameela Jamil’s Instagram show
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2014 ‐
Russia captures the Ukrainian naval base in Sevastopol
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1987 ‐
American televangelist Jim Bakker resigns amid rape accusation by his secretary, Jessica Hahn
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1949 ‐
1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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1943 ‐
Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard
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1942 ‐
FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non-military duty
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1931 ‐
Nevada legalizes gambling
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1918 ‐
US Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time
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1915 ‐
Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)
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1883 ‐
Jan Matzeliger invents first machine to manufacture entire shoes
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1882 ‐
1st stone laid for the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí
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1831 ‐
1st US bank robbery, the City Bank in New York robbed of $245,000
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1822 ‐
Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city
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1775 ‐
4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)
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