| Today in History |
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2021 ‐
Mexico revises its COVID-19 death toll up by 60% to more than 321,000 giving it the second highest COVID death toll in the world
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2014 ‐
Russia increases the price of gas to the Ukraine by 80%
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2009 ‐
The first cases of H1N1 swine flu in the United States occur in two people in California
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1944 ‐
Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle and begins writing "Pippi Longstocking"
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1935 ‐
Robert Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
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1930 ‐
Turkish cities Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara
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1922 ‐
1st microfilm device introduced
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1910 ‐
1st seaplane takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre)
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1804 ‐
Ohio passes law restricting movement of Blacks
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1797 ‐
Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine
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1794 ‐
Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)
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1776 ‐
Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco
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