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2022 ‐
Microplastics found in human blood for first time through new research conducted in Holland
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2020 ‐
India puts 1 billion people under a daytime curfew to curb COVID-19
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2014 ‐
The US and EU impose sanctions on Russia
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1993 ‐
Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS
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1988 ‐
US Congress overrides President Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill
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1981 ‐
US 1st class postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents
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1978 ‐
Karl "The Great" Wallenda, German acrobat (The Flying Wallendas) dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at 73
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1972 ‐
US Congress approves the Equal Rights Amendment (still not ratified)
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1960 ‐
1st patent for lasers granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes
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1954 ‐
Northland Center, the world's largest shopping mall at the time, opens in Oakpark, Michigan
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1917 ‐
The USA is the first nation to recognize the new government of Russia
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1872 ‐
Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment
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1861 ‐
1st US nursing school chartered
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1794 ‐
Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries
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1790 ‐
Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State under President Washington
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1765 ‐
Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on American colonists, organized by Prime Minister George Grenville
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