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2020 ‐
China announces it will test entire city of Qingdao, 9 million people, for COVID-19 within five days after a dozen cases discovered
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2019 ‐
California is the 1st US state to pass law banning sale and manufacture of new fur products
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1960 ‐
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe on his desk at UN General Assembly session
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1931 ‐
1st International Conference on Calendar Reform
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1900 ‐
The first modern submarine is commissioned by the U.S. Navy as the USS Holland, named for its designer John Philip Holland
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1879 ‐
British troops occupy Kabul, Afghanistan
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1860 ‐
British & French troops capture Beijing
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1823 ‐
Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
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1792 ‐
First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York
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1776 ‐
British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx
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1773 ‐
America's first asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia
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