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2021 ‐
"Wright Brothers' moment" in nuclear fusion research when 1.3 megajoules of energy produced at National Ignition Facility by the Livermore Lab [1]
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2000 ‐
Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
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1963 ‐
Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie", radio stations label it obscene
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1925 ‐
1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (between 25,000 and 40,000 marchers) in Washington, D.C.
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1911 ‐
The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire.
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1898 ‐
W.K. Kellogg invents corn flakes cereal
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1844 ‐
Brigham Young chosen as head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints following the death of Joseph Smith
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1831 ‐
Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgians
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1786 ‐
Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe
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