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2016 ‐
Pope Francis questions US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump's Christianity over his call to build a wall on the Mexican border
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1986 ‐
Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner: he died of smoking-induced lung cancer on 10th October 1985
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1978 ‐
The Ironman Triathlon holds its first competition
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1973 ‐
15th Daytona 500: Richard Petty wins his 4th Great American Race by more than 2 laps from Bobby Isaac
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1930 ‐
Pluto discovered - Clyde Tombaugh, a 23-year-old astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, finds 'Planet X' with the help of a blink microscope.
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1908 ‐
1st US postage stamps in rolls issued
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1885 ‐
Mark Twain publishes the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the US
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1787 ‐
Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II bans children under 8 from labor
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