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1991 ‐
USSR announces that Iraq has agreed to a proposal to end the Gulf War, but the US calls the plan unacceptable
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1974 ‐
Yugoslavia adopts constitution
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1965 ‐
Malcolm X assassinated in New York City
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1931 ‐
Alka Seltzer introduced
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1922 ‐
Airship "Rome" explodes at Hampton Roads, Virginia; 34 die
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1887 ‐
1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)
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1857 ‐
Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US
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1842 ‐
1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Washington, D.C.
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1795 ‐
Freedom of worship established in France under constitution
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1777 ‐
British ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting US flag
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