| Today in History |
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2003 ‐
The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%
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1935 ‐
Black Sunday: Severe dust storm ravages the US Midwest, led to the region being named "the Dust Bowl"
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1931 ‐
Spain becomes a republic with the overthrow of King Alfonso XIII
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1927 ‐
The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden
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1909 ‐
Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London
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1902 ‐
J. C. Penney opens his first store, The Golden Rule Store, in Kemmerer, Wyoming
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1865 ‐
U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell as part of the same conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
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1865 ‐
US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington; he dies a day later
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1841 ‐
1st detective story published, Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue" (April 1841)
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1828 ‐
First American Dictionary: its author Noah Webster registers its copyright for publication
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1775 ‐
1st abolitionist society in US organizes in Philadelphia
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