Today in History |
2018 ‐
Republic of Ireland will be the first country to sell off its investments in fossil fuel companies after passing legislation in parliament
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1967 ‐
Race riot in Newark, New Jersey, 26 killed, 1,500 injured & over 1,000 arrested
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1951 ‐
Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero, Illinois
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1928 ‐
1st televised tennis match
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1909 ‐
16th Amendment was passed by congress (power to tax incomes)
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1882 ‐
1st ocean pier in US completed, Washington, D.C.
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1859 ‐
Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Massachusetts
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1817 ‐
1st flower show held in Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland
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1790 ‐
French Revolution: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted, putting the Catholic Church in France under the control of the state
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