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2019 ‐
Walmart says it will stop selling handguns and some ammunition and ask customers not to openly carry firearms in response to El Paso shootings
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2007 ‐
Panama Canal's "Third Set of Locks" expansion project begins with a huge initial explosion under Paraíso Hill that is watched by thousands of people
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1995 ‐
eBay (Electronic Bay) founded by Pierre Omidyar
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1966 ‐
24th World Science Fiction Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
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1906 ‐
Philadelphia Giants win Negro Championship Cup in Philadelphia before 10,000 fans; black baseball's largest crowd ever
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1783 ‐
Treaty of Paris signed in Paris ends the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and United States of America
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1777 ‐
Flag of the United States flown in battle for the 1st time at Cooch's Bridge, Delaware, a skirmish during American Revolutionary War
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