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2017 ‐
Germany votes to legalize same-sex marriage in a snap vote
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1984 ‐
Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia
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1967 ‐
Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut
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1955 ‐
"Johnny Carson Show" debuts on CBS-TV
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1898 ‐
Winton Motor Carriage Company publishes the first known automobile ad in Scientific American using the headline “dispense with a horse.”
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1894 ‐
London's Tower Bridge opens across the Thames
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1876 ‐
Serbia declares war on Turkey
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1864 ‐
Yosemite Grant Act signed by President Abraham Lincoln bestowing 200,000 acres to the state of California, establishes America's first state-controlled park
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1859 ‐
French acrobat Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
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1834 ‐
Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
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1805 ‐
Michigan Territory organizes
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1755 ‐
Philippines close all non-catholic Chinese restaurants
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