Today in History |
2019 ‐
Transgender no longer classified as a mental health illness by the World Health Organization
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2005 ‐
France resoundingly rejects the European Constitution
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1968 ‐
US Truth in Lending Act signed into law
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1919 ‐
Charles Strite files patent for the automatic pop-up toaster
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1912 ‐
15 young women are fired by Curtis Publishing in Philadelphia for dancing the "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
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1900 ‐
Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co.
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1886 ‐
American chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise Coca-Cola
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1884 ‐
Europe's first steam cable trams start in Highgate, London
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1849 ‐
Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."
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1787 ‐
"Virginia Plan" by Thomas Jefferson proposed to the Constitutional Convention advocating for a national government with three branches - legislative, executive, and judicial
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