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1993 ‐
Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution
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1963 ‐
Bell Telephone introduces the touch-tone telephone to customers in Pennsylvania
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1956 ‐
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev says the phrase "we will bury you!" to Western ambassadors at a reception at the Polish embassy in Moscow
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1955 ‐
Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight
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1929 ‐
Large earthquake in Atlantic breaks transatlantic cable in 28 places
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1905 ‐
Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
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1902 ‐
Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names the teddy bear after US President Teddy Roosevelt
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1872 ‐
Suffragette Susan B. Anthony is arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshal and charged with illegally voting
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1861 ‐
The first provisional meeting of the Confederate Congress is held in Richmond, Virginia
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1820 ‐
Antarctica sighted by US Navy Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer
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1776 ‐
Hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ
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