Today in History |
2020 ‐
US President Donald Trump claims COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, while the Office of the Director of National Intelligence saying the virus is not manmade
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2012 ‐
The unfinished One World Trade Center overtakes the Empire State building to become the tallest building in New York
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1989 ‐
World Wide Web (WWW) is first launched in the public domain by CERN scientist Tim Berners-Lee
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1980 ‐
Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, abdicates; Princess Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard becomes Queen
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1961 ‐
Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize
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1952 ‐
Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television
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1935 ‐
World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul
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1911 ‐
Portugal approves female suffrage
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1900 ‐
Casey Jones dies heroically in a train wreck at Vaughn, Mississippi, while driving Cannonball Express (immortalized in "Ballad of Casey Jones")
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1885 ‐
Henry Lee Higginson starts the "Popular Music" series with the Boston Symphony, which evolves into the Boston Pops Orchestra 1900
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1859 ‐
Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is first published in literary periodical "All the Year Round"
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1798 ‐
US Department of the Navy forms
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1789 ‐
George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America
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1772 ‐
John Clais patents 1st scale
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