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2019 ‐
Same-sex marriage approved by Ecuador's Constitutional Court in landmark ruling
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1991 ‐
Boris Yeltsin wins Russia's first presidential election with 57% of the vote
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1967 ‐
Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested)
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1954 ‐
Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" is originally released
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1942 ‐
Hitler orders enslavement of Slavic peoples
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1939 ‐
Baseball Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York
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1918 ‐
1st aerial bombing raid by an American unit, France
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1908 ‐
Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC)
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1892 ‐
Netherlands Society for Currency & Coin collecting forms
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1867 ‐
Austro-Hungarian Empire forms
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1859 ‐
Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered, first major silver discovery in the US
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1849 ‐
Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett (Louisville, Kentucky)
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1787 ‐
US Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
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1775 ‐
1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (US) captures Margaretta (Br)
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