Today in History |
2019 ‐
US Ambassador Gordon Sondland testifies in impeachment inquiry that “We followed the president’s orders.” and that “everyone was in the loop” over Ukraine dealings
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2012 ‐
Toshiba unveils a robot designed to help in nuclear disasters
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1998 ‐
Court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
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1993 ‐
Savings and Loan scandal: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
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1985 ‐
Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released
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1967 ‐
At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million
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1947 ‐
1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey)
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1929 ‐
First broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio
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1888 ‐
Willard Bundy patents timecard clock
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1866 ‐
French inventor Pierre Lallement patents rotary crank bicycle
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1820 ‐
Whaling ship Essex attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific, only eight of the 20 crew men eventually survive (through cannibalism). Inspiration for the novel "Moby-Dick"
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1815 ‐
Second Treaty of Paris: France and her allies agree France will pay indemnities after Battle of Waterloo, ending the Napoleonic Wars
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1795 ‐
Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday
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1789 ‐
New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
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1759 ‐
Battle of Quiberon Bay begins: British win crucial naval victory over the French, thwarting a planned French invasion of Britain
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