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2023 ‐
George Harrison's "Here Comes The Sun" becomes 1st Beatles song to register a billion streams on Spotify, it is also the oldest song to do so
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2005 ‐
Liberal commentary website The Huffington Post is launched
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1922 ‐
The International Astronomical Union formally adopt Annie Jump Cannon's stellar classification system, which with only minor changes, is still used today
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1868 ‐
The city of Reno, Nevada, is founded
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1865 ‐
President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end; this is the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War
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1788 ‐
British parliament accepts abolition of slave trade
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1785 ‐
British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle
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