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- Milk Drinkers Are Turning to PowderHall of Fame◆
- 2002Paid Notice: Deaths ZORRILLA, SONJA BENJAMINSSONThe New York Times◆
- 2022Amazon to ban ‘union’ and other words from staff chat app – reportThe Guardian◆
- 2019Trump administration to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror group – reportThe Guardian◆
- 2002In the first reported data breach, 250,000 social security numbers collected by the State of California were stolen from a data center.Wikipedia◆
- 1847Birkenhead Park, generally acknowledged as the world's first publicly funded civic park, opened in Birkenhead, England.Wikipedia◆
- 1710The Statute of Anne, the first legislation in Great Britain providing for copyright regulated by the government and courts, received royal assent and entered into force five days later.Wikipedia◆
- 1795Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.Wikipedia◆
- 2007The cruise ship MS Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead.Wikipedia◆
- 1792United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.Wikipedia◆
- 2000Fan violence broke out before a UEFA Cup semifinal in Istanbul, Turkey, resulting in two Leeds United supporters being stabbed to death and Galatasaray supporters being banned from attending the second leg in England.Wikipedia◆
- 1974Carrie (pictured), the first novel by American author Stephen King, was published.Wikipedia◆
- 1944Siegfried Lederer, a Czech Jew, escaped from Auschwitz with the aid of an SS officer who opposed the Holocaust.Wikipedia◆
- 2010Up to 50 people are killed and another 100 injured in two militant suicide bombings and attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan: the first on an Awami National Party rally in Timergara; the second on the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar.Wikipedia◆
- Milk Drinkers Are Turning to PowderHall of Fame◆
- 2002Paid Notice: Deaths ZORRILLA, SONJA BENJAMINSSONThe New York Times◆
- 2022Amazon to ban ‘union’ and other words from staff chat app – reportThe Guardian◆
- 2019Trump administration to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror group – reportThe Guardian◆
- 2002In the first reported data breach, 250,000 social security numbers collected by the State of California were stolen from a data center.Wikipedia◆
- 1847Birkenhead Park, generally acknowledged as the world's first publicly funded civic park, opened in Birkenhead, England.Wikipedia◆
- 1710The Statute of Anne, the first legislation in Great Britain providing for copyright regulated by the government and courts, received royal assent and entered into force five days later.Wikipedia◆
- 1795Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.Wikipedia◆
- 2007The cruise ship MS Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead.Wikipedia◆
- 1792United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.Wikipedia◆
- 2000Fan violence broke out before a UEFA Cup semifinal in Istanbul, Turkey, resulting in two Leeds United supporters being stabbed to death and Galatasaray supporters being banned from attending the second leg in England.Wikipedia◆
- 1974Carrie (pictured), the first novel by American author Stephen King, was published.Wikipedia◆
- 1944Siegfried Lederer, a Czech Jew, escaped from Auschwitz with the aid of an SS officer who opposed the Holocaust.Wikipedia◆
- 2010Up to 50 people are killed and another 100 injured in two militant suicide bombings and attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan: the first on an Awami National Party rally in Timergara; the second on the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar.Wikipedia◆
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- 2002 First ever
In the first reported data breach, 250,000 social security numbers collected by the State of California were stolen from a data center.
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1847 First everBirkenhead Park, generally acknowledged as the world's first publicly funded civic park, opened in Birkenhead, England.
Read more →Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1710 First everThe Statute of Anne, the first legislation in Great Britain providing for copyright regulated by the government and courts, received royal assent and entered into force five days later.
Read more →Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1795 Oddly truePeace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.
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2007 WeirdThe cruise ship MS Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead.
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2022The GuardianAmazon to ban ‘union’ and other words from staff chat app – reportPlanned social media app would also prevent workers from using terms such as ‘fire’, ‘slave labor’, ‘diversity’ and ‘…
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2019The GuardianTrump administration to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror group – reportMove would mark the first time the US has labelled a branch of the armed forces of a foreign government as a terroris…
Read on The Guardian →- 2002The New York TimesPaid Notice: Deaths ZORRILLA, SONJA BENJAMINSSON
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In the first reported data breach, 250,000 social security numbers collected by the State of California were stolen from a data center.
Read more →Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1847 First ever
Birkenhead Park, generally acknowledged as the world's first publicly funded civic park, opened in Birkenhead, England.
Read more →Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1710 First ever
The Statute of Anne, the first legislation in Great Britain providing for copyright regulated by the government and courts, received royal assent and entered into force five days later.
Read more →Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Julius Caesar dies
Julius Caesar, roman general/statesman, died on this day in 44 BC. Assassinated by Roman senators. Remembered as: Critical role in the demise of the Roman Republic.
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Marilyn Monroe dies
Marilyn Monroe, actress and model, died on this day in 1962. Barbiturate overdose. Remembered as: Iconic actress and sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Mahatma Gandhi dies
Mahatma Gandhi, political ethicist, died on this day in 1948. Assassinated. Remembered as: Leader of the Indian independence movement.
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Kurt Cobain dies
Kurt Cobain, musician, died on this day in 1994. Suicide by gunshot. Remembered as: Frontman of Nirvana, voice of a generation.
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Heath Ledger dies
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