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2018 ‐
US President Donald Trump signs into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act easing financial regulations and reducing oversight for banks
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1963 ‐
Barbra Streisand performs "Happy Days Are Here Again" at White House Press Correspondents Dinner, and meets US President John F. Kennedy
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1954 ‐
IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour
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1931 ‐
1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad
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1930 ‐
Amy Johnson becomes the 1st woman to fly solo from England to Australia
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1915 ‐
Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations
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1899 ‐
1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)
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1883 ‐
Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and NY Governor Cleveland
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1844 ‐
Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" in the world's first telegraph message
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1830 ‐
"Mary Had A Little Lamb" by Sarah Josepha Hale is first published by Boston firm Marsh, Capen & Lyon
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1822 ‐
Battle of Pichincha, Simón Bolívar secures the independence of Ecuador from Spain
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1775 ‐
John Hancock is unanimously elected President of the Continental Congress
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