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2018 ‐
China's National People's Congress approves removal of term limits for a leader, will allow Xi Jinping presidency for life
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1974 ‐
Mount Etna in Sicily erupted
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1968 ‐
Otis Redding is the first person in the US to posthumously receive gold record for his single "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
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1958 ‐
Starting this season, AL batters are required to wear batting helmets
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1927 ‐
1st armored commercial car hold-up in US, Pittsburgh
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1918 ‐
Deadliest flu pandemic in recorded history begins
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1892 ‐
1st public basketball game (Springfield, Massachusetts)
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1818 ‐
Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' is published
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