| Today in History |
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2015 ‐
President Obama officially re-designates Alaska’s Mt. McKinley as Denali, its native American name
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2009 ‐
The Walt Disney Company announces it will acquire Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion
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1997 ‐
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in a road tunnel in Paris
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1990 ‐
East & West Germany sign a treaty to join legal & political systems
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1988 ‐
5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
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1980 ‐
Poland's Solidarity trade union federations forms and is officially recognised by the Polish government
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1971 ‐
Beatle John Lennon leaves England for the final time, moving to New York City
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1965 ‐
US Congress establishes Department of Housing & Urban Development
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1946 ‐
Foghorn Leghorn, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Robert McKimson and Warren Foster, (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Walky Talky Hawky"
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1935 ‐
1st national skeet championship (Indianapolis)
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1925 ‐
Anthropologist Margaret Mead first arrives in Samoa
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1919 ‐
John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago
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1902 ‐
Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs Adolph Landeburg (horse rider)
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1895 ‐
1st pro football game (QB John Brallier paid $10 & won 12-0)
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1886 ‐
1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston, South Carolina, 110 die
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1881 ‐
1st US men's single tennis championships (Newport, Rhode Island)
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1842 ‐
Micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine
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