| Today in History |
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1991 ‐
Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait
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1965 ‐
Alabama state troopers and 600 black protesters clash in Selma during "Bloody Sunday", protesters, including future congressman John Lewis beaten and hospitalized
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1945 ‐
Yugoslavia government of Josep Broz Tito forms
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1939 ‐
Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians 1st record "Auld Lang Syne"
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1930 ‐
NY Times agrees to capitalize the n in "Negro"
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1926 ‐
1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)
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1914 ‐
Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania
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1876 ‐
Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone in the US
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1870 ‐
Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East
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1857 ‐
Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs
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1798 ‐
The French army enters Rome: the birth of the Roman Republic
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1778 ‐
Captain James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast at Yaquina Bay
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