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2022 ‐
New York Attorney General Letitia James files lawsuit against Donald Trump and three of his children, alleging widespread fraud through inflating his personal net worth by billions of dollars
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2016 ‐
Three genetic studies published in "Nature" conclude all non-Africans descended from one migration out of Africa 50-80,000 years ago
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1949 ‐
Chinese Communist leaders proclaim the People's Republic of China
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1922 ‐
US President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine
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1883 ‐
First direct US-Brazil telegraph connection
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1872 ‐
John Henry Conyers of South Carolina becomes first black student at Annapolis
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1776 ‐
5 days after British take New York, a quarter of the city burns down
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