| Today in History |
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2021 ‐
Paris's Arc de Triomphe covered in fabric in tribute to the late artist Christo, his unfulfilled project
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1964 ‐
1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6
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1958 ‐
Jack Kilby demonstrates his first integrated circuit (IC) to his supervisor
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1950 ‐
Belgian government dismisses all communist civil servants
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1944 ‐
US Army troops enter Germany for 1st time
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1943 ‐
Waffen-SS (Skorzeny) frees Benito Mussolini at Gran Sasso
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1910 ‐
United States' 1st known female cop appointed, Alice Stebbins Wells by LAPD
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1895 ‐
Annie Londonderry [Annie Kopchovsky] arrives in Chicago to complete first round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle in 15 months and collects her $10,000 prize
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1878 ‐
Cleopatra Needle installed in London
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1848 ‐
Switzerland becomes a Federal state
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1787 ‐
American statesman George Mason suggests the addition of a Bill of Rights to the Constitution modeled on previous state declarations, but the motion is defeated
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1758 ‐
French astronomer Charles Messier mistakenly identifies the Crab Nebula so begins his Messier Catalogue
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1755 ‐
Giacomo Casanova is sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in Venice without trial for affront to religion and common decency
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