| Today in History |
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2017 ‐
Tesla Motors produces its first mass-market car, the Model 3
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1976 ‐
119 women joined the Corps of Cadets, establishing the first class of women in the US Military Academy at West Point
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1967 ‐
Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1
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1928 ‐
Sliced bread sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company, Missouri, using a machine invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.
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1923 ‐
University of Delaware invents "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne)
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1876 ‐
Hamburg massacre: white farmers attack a black militia in Hamburg, South Carolina with 7 killed
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1863 ‐
Orders barring Jews from serving under US General Ulysses S. Grant are revoked
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1802 ‐
1st comic book "The Wasp" is published in Hudson, New York criticizing Republican politicians
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1754 ‐
Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College)
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1753 ‐
British parliament grants Jews citizenship
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