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2019 ‐
3,500 women are the first to be allowed to attend a football match in Iran for a World Cup qualifier in Tehran, since the Islamic revolution
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2009 ‐
After closed borders for nearly two hundred years, Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich to open their borders
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1966 ‐
The Beach Boys release their influential single "Good Vibrations"
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1963 ‐
"From Russia With Love" 2nd James Bond film based on a novel by Ian Fleming, starring Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi, premieres in London
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1933 ‐
1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter & Gamble, goes on sale
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1932 ‐
Dnjepr Dam in USSR put into operation (world's biggest)
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1913 ‐
Yuan Shikai installed as the 1st President of China
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1899 ‐
African-American inventor Issac R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame
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1889 ‐
Barnard College is founded in New York City after Columbia University refuses to accept women
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1886 ‐
1st dinner jacket (tuxedo) worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY
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1868 ‐
Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
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1865 ‐
John Wesley Hyatt patents the billiard ball made from cellulose nitrate (celluloid) in Albany, New York (patent US50359A)
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1802 ‐
1st non-Indian settlement in Oklahoma
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1780 ‐
Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in the Caribbean, hitting Barbados first. Atlantic's deadliest recorded hurricane.
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