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2019 ‐
Archaeologists announce Scottish crannogs (fortified settlements on artificial islands in lochs) far older than first thought, radiocarbon dated to 3640-3360 BC, older than Stonehenge
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2015 ‐
Philae, 1st spacecraft to land on a comet in European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission re-awakes after 7 months
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1966 ‐
US Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspects must be informed of rights
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1940 ‐
Paris evacuates before German advance
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1933 ‐
Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized
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1920 ‐
US Post Office says children cannot be sent by parcel post (after various instances)
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1910 ‐
Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from NY to Philadelphia
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1866 ‐
US House of representatives passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights)
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1828 ‐
Simon Bolívar proclaimed dictator
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1792 ‐
King Louis XVI dismisses French government
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1789 ‐
Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington
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1777 ‐
Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit
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1774 ‐
Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves
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