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2021 ‐
Japan says the Olympics will be held without spectators as Tokyo announces state of emergency due to a surge in COVID-19
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2020 ‐
Australian city of Melbourne goes back into lockdown for six weeks after second outbreak of 700 active cases
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2011 ‐
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program
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1981 ‐
Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)
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1870 ‐
Governor Holden of North Carolina declares Casswell County to be in a state of insurrection
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1862 ‐
Theodore R. Timby is granted a US patent for discharging guns in a revolving turret, using electricity
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1800 ‐
Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox
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1796 ‐
US State Department issues 1st US passport
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1792 ‐
France declares war on Prussia
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1777 ‐
Independent Vermont introduces a new constitution, prohibiting slavery
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