| Today in History |
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2016 ‐
International Olympic Committee approves baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding to be included in the sports program for 2020 Games only; total number of sports, 33
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1977 ‐
Radio Shack introduces the TRS-80 personal computer, within weeks thousands were ordered. Ron's freshman year in high school.
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1963 ‐
Allan Sherman releases "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh"
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1941 ‐
Gas (petroleum) sales limited in US
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1925 ‐
Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)
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1914 ‐
Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France, beginning World War I
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1904 ‐
British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa
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1882 ‐
US Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration
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1880 ‐
American Canoe Association founded at Lake George, NY, first Commodore William L. Alden
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1829 ‐
Gioachino Rossini's last and greatest opera "Guillaume Tell" (William Tell) premieres at Salle Le Peletier in Paris
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