Today in History |
2020 ‐
Texas National Guard mobilized to help El Paso County, deal with a morgue crisis as COVID-19 cases and deaths surge
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2000 ‐
RonAmber.com is registered
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1967 ‐
Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
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1964 ‐
Verrazano-Narrows suspension bridge opens in New York City, then the world's longest
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1952 ‐
1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
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1946 ‐
Harry Truman becomes 1st US President to travel in a submerged sub
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1938 ‐
Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declare inhabitants to be German citizens
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1920 ‐
Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna, Italy
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1902 ‐
1st night football game, Philadelphia Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0
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1837 ‐
Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times
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1818 ‐
Russia's Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
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1794 ‐
Honolulu Harbor discovered
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1789 ‐
North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
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1787 ‐
Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar
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