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| 23
Jan 1957 |
Wham-O toy company produces the first Frisbee disc |
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| 24
Jan 41 |
Gaius
Caesar Germanicus (Caligula) is assassinated |
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| 31
Jan 1940 |
Ida
May Fuller becomes first recipient of Social Security |
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| 05
Feb 1631 |
Roger
Williams founds Providence, Rhode Island |
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| 16
Feb 1959 |
Fidel
Castro sworn in as prime minister of Cuba |
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| 17
Feb 1877 |
André
Maginot born in Paris |
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| 18
Feb 1929 |
Winners
of the 1st annual Academy Awards are announced |
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| 28
Feb 1861 |
Congress
creates Colorado territory |
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| 01
Mar 1810 |
Frédéric
Chopin born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland |
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| 04
Mar 1861 |
President
Abraham Lincoln inaugurated for first term |
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| 11
Mar 1818 |
Mary
Shelley’s Frankenstein is published in London |
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| 29
Mar 1999 |
Dow
Jones Industrial Average closes above 10,000 for 1st time |
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| 03
Apr 1882 |
Outlaw
Jesse James betrayed and murdered |
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| 11
Apr 1814 |
Napoelon
exiled to Elba |
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| 05
May 1914 |
“Cannonball”
Baker makes 1st cross-country motorcycle trip |
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| 04
July 1826 |
American
songwriter Stephen Collins Foster born |
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| 27
July 1794 |
Robespierre
arrested by the National Convention |
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| 01
Sep 1985 |
Wreckage
of R.M.S. Titanic discovered in North Atlantic |
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| 21
Sep 1970 |
Monday
Night Football airs for the 1st time on ABC |
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| 28
Sep 1066 |
William
I invades England |
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| 30
Sep 1869 |
Wyoming
becomes 1st state to give women the vote |
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| 31
Oct 1517 |
Martin
Luther nails his 95 theses to door of Wittenberg Church |
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| 24 Nov 1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species in London |
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| 01
Dec 1824 |
House
of Representatives decides election first and only time |
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| 13
Dec 1642 |
Abel
Tasman discovers Tasmania and New Zealand |
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| 20
Dec 1860 |
South
Carolina secedes from the Union |
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| 21
Dec 1945 |
General
George S. Patton dies |
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| 22
Dec 1900 |
First
Mercedes-Benz produced |
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