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• 1859

  Balloon covers record 809 miles over St Louis

• 1903

  First Tour de France Bicycle Race flagged off

• 1858

  First Canadian coins minted (1, 5, 10, 20 cent)

• 2019

  Japan resumes commercial whaling after a break of 30+ years

• 1971

  26th Amendment, lowering voting age from 21 to 18, is ratified

• 1867

  Canada Day

• 1979

  Walkman appears in stores for the first time

• 1984

  PG-13 rating debuts

• 1909

  Edison begins manufacturing A type alkaline storage batteries

• 1931

  Ice vending machines introduced in Los Angeles

• 1904

  III Summer Olympic Games open in St Louis, US

• 1874

  First US zoo opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 1905

  Einstein introduces theory of special relativity

• 1948

  NYC subway ride price increases from 5 cents to 10

• 1908

  SOS distress signal becomes global standard for help

• 1841

  Mammoth Cave National Park established in Kentucky, US

• 1980

  'O Canada' becomes the national anthem of Canada