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2022 ‐
Hammer-wielding intruder attacks Paul Pelosi, 82-year old husband of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, at their California home
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2020 ‐
French President Emmanuel Macron announces France will enter a new 4-week lockdown October 30 in televised address
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1981 ‐
Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia
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1965 ‐
Gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri
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1940 ‐
Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Florence, Italy
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1929 ‐
Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64
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1927 ‐
Josip Broz Tito begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia
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1919 ‐
Volstead Act passed by US Congress, establishing prohibition, despite President Woodrow Wilson's veto
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1904 ‐
St Louis police try a new investigation method - fingerprints
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1886 ‐
Statue of Liberty dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland, celebrated by first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City
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1867 ‐
Maimonides College in Pennsylvania is first Jewish college in the US
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1848 ‐
The first railroad in Spain - between Barcelona and Mataró - is opened.
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1831 ‐
Michael Faraday demonstrates his dynamo invention, an electrical generator
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1793 ‐
Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin
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1790 ‐
New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000
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1776 ‐
Battle of White Plains: George Washington retreats to New Jersey
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