| Today in History |
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2021 ‐
US judge exonerates two men for the killing of Malcolm X in 1965, saying they were "wrongly convicted"
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2021 ‐
US President Joe Biden signs a 'once in a generation' $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law
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1995 ‐
Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir
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1986 ‐
Beastie Boys release their debut album "Licensed to Ill" - 1st No. 1 rap album on Billboard chart
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1965 ‐
Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph)
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1939 ‐
Anti-German demonstrations in Czechoslovakia
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1937 ‐
First US congressional session in air-conditioned chambers
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1919 ‐
US Senate 1st invokes the Cloture Rule to end a filibuster, passes Versailles Treaty
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1904 ‐
King C. Gillette patents the Gillette razor blade
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1889 ‐
Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed
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1806 ‐
Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak in Colorado
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1777 ‐
Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, is approved by the Continental Congress
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1763 ‐
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason–Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
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