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- 1845
Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km journey from Namibia to London in 55 days. View Post →
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- 1979
Ted Coombs roller skates 5,193 miles from Los Angeles to New York City. View Post →
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- 1792
Kentucky becomes the 15th US state.
- 1975
Netherlands requires seatbelts in cars.
- 1980
CNN, the Cable News Network, begins broadcasting.
- 1935
UK introduces compulsory driving tests and license plates.
- 2015
Cruise ship carrying 458 people capsizes on the Yangtze River, with fewer than 50 survivors.
- 1862
General Robert E. Lee takes command after Joe Johnston's injury at Seven Pines.
- 1543
Andreas Vesalius publishes groundbreaking work on human anatomy.
- 1969
Canadian radio & TV ban tobacco advertising.
- 2021
Prehistoric deer carvings found in Scotland at Kilmartin Glen, Argyll.
- 1880
First pay telephone service installed in New Haven, Connecticut.
- 2009
General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- 1638
First recorded earthquake in the US, in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
- 1869
Thomas Edison receives first patent for the Electric Vote Recorder.
- 1993
Recycling begins in Brooklyn, NY.
- 2009
Air France Flight 447 crashes, killing all 228 passengers and crew.
- 1796
Tennessee becomes the 16th US state.
- 1808
Ohio University, first US land-grant university, founded in Athens, Ohio.
- 1908
John Krohn starts 357-day walk around US perimeter.
- 1974
Heimlich maneuver published in Emergency Medicine journal.
- 193
Roman Emperor Didius Julianus assassinated.
- 2013
Edward Snowden exposes global surveillance programs by releasing NSA documents.
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