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2019 ‐
New DNA research on grapes shows one French wine Savagnin Blanc has been grown for 900 years in Jura published in "Nature Plants"
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1963 ‐
US Equal Pay Act signed into law by President John F. Kennedy
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1905 ‐
1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine
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1902 ‐
Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan
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1869 ‐
'Agnes' arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef
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1846 ‐
Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tyre
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1829 ‐
The first Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race takes place
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1809 ‐
1st US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Philadelphia
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1805 ‐
First Barbary War: Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty ending hostilities with the United States
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1801 ‐
Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute
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1793 ‐
1st public zoo opens in Paris
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1760 ‐
NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine
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