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2019 ‐
Irrigation canal system collapses near Fort Laramie, Wyoming parching 100,000 acres of farmland across Nebraska and Wyoming
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2018 ‐
Oldest evidence of bread, made from wild grains, discovered by archaeologists in 14,000 year-old dig in the Black Desert, Jordon
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1966 ‐
Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)
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1919 ‐
Finland adopts constitution
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1917 ‐
Royal Proclamation by King George V changes name of British Royal family from German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor
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1897 ‐
1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon
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1879 ‐
1st railroad opens in Hawaii
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1861 ‐
US Congress authorizes paper money
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1850 ‐
Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega)
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1841 ‐
British humorous and satirical magazine "Punch" first published; it finally closed in 2002
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