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2020 ‐
Dow Jones Index suffers its biggest points fall in history closing down 1,190.95 amid concerns about COVID-19
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1990 ‐
Final day of the rum ration in the Royal New Zealand Navy
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1974 ‐
"People" magazine begins sales
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1964 ‐
Italy requests help for the Leaning Tower of Pisa
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1940 ‐
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14 (radiocarbon dating) at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California
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1922 ‐
US Supreme Court unanimously upholds 19th amendment to the US Constuituent - women's right to vote
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1869 ‐
John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress
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1861 ‐
Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland in Castle Square, Warsaw
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1827 ‐
1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
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1814 ‐
Ludwig van Beethoven's 8th Symphony in F premieres
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1813 ‐
1st federal vaccination legislation enacted
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