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2018 ‐
Venezuela becomes the first country to launch a virtual currency, the petro, to counteract their financial crisis
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2013 ‐
Estonia becomes the first country to establish a national system of fast chargers for electric cars
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1962 ‐
The Friendship 7 spacecraft and its pilot, Major John Glenn, make three orbits around the Earth and travel 65,763 nautical miles in just under five hours.
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1954 ‐
General Zahedi wins election in Persia
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1944 ‐
Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
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1933 ‐
US House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition
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1872 ‐
Luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags
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1809 ‐
US Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state
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1792 ‐
US postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance
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