On This Very Day
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- 1927
Charles Lindbergh makes history with first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. View Post →
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- 1873
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patent blue jeans with copper rivets. View Post →
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- 2019
Bangladesh enforces a 65-day coastal fishing ban to protect fish stocks.
- 1932
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
- 1639
Dorchester, Massachusetts establishes the first tax-funded school in America.
- 2021
MS X-Press Pearl cargo ship disaster causes an environmental crisis in Sri Lanka.
- 1293
Devastating earthquake hits Kamakura, Japan, claiming 30,000 lives.
- 1310
Shoes designed for both right and left feet emerge.
- 1498
Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut, India, marking the first European arrival by sea.
- 1862
Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act, enabling westward expansion in the US.
- 2018
A cougar attack in North Bend, Washington State, kills one cyclist.
- 2015
David Letterman hosts Late Show with David Letterman for the final time.
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