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2019 ‐
US President Donald Trump says US could win war in Afghanistan in a week "I just don't want to kill 10 million people. If I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth"
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2016 ‐
Japan’s Funai Electric announce they will manufacture world's last videocassette this month
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1987 ‐
Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian)
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1967 ‐
1st major appearance by Vanilla Fudge (Village Theater NYC)
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1939 ‐
Jane Bolin becomes the 1st African American female judge in New York
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1933 ‐
Wiley Post completes the 1st solo flight round the world, takes 7 days and 19 hours
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1917 ‐
British bomb German lines at Ypres, 4,250,000 grenades
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1864 ‐
Battle of Atlanta: General Sherman's Union side defeats Confederate troops under General Hood, with 8,449 Confederate and 3,641 US casualties
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1793 ‐
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada
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