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2019 ‐
US produces the most waste per head globally and recycles the least at 35% according to new research by Verisk Maplecroft, Germany recycles the most at 68%
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1966 ‐
Race riots in Omaha, Nebraska
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1934 ‐
FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria, Illinois
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1913 ‐
Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)
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1907 ‐
Pope decree forbids modernization of theology
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1886 ‐
In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile
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1884 ‐
Dow Jones publishes its 1st stock index, the Dow Jones Transportation Average
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1861 ‐
Pony Express arrives in San Francisco with overland letters from NY
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1849 ‐
The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power; proves a major obstacle to Italian unification
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1844 ‐
The last pair of Great Auks is killed
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1819 ‐
1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors
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1806 ‐
Michael Keens exhibits 1st large-scale cultivated strawberry—a large fruit strawberry, called the Keen Seedling
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1775 ‐
George Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts
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1767 ‐
Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition published this date)
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