Today in History |
2021 ‐
US President Joe Biden overturns Trump's restrictions on transgender people serving in the armed forces
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1982 ‐
American rock group The Doobie Brothers split up
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1976 ‐
NJ Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator
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1954 ‐
USSR offers to join NATO
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1948 ‐
US Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe
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1934 ‐
Frank Jelich is born on Ilovik, Croatia (Yugoslavia/Ottoman Empire at that time)
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1932 ‐
Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine
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1907 ‐
Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt
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1889 ‐
Eiffel Tower officially opens in Paris. Built for the Exposition Universelle, at 300m high it retains the record for the tallest man made structure for 41 years.
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1880 ‐
1st town to claim to be completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, Indiana)
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1850 ‐
US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%))
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1814 ‐
Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris
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1808 ‐
French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names
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