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East German coffee crisis (en.wikipedia.org)

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Deep Blue beats Kasparov, 1997 (en.wikipedia.org)

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Parliament enacts the Tea Act, trigger for Boston tea party, 1773 (en.wikipedia.org)

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Only lethal ballon-bomb attack, 1945 (en.wikipedia.org)

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Happy 20th Birthday to Morrowind (en.wikipedia.org)

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When Johnny comes marching home (en.wikipedia.org)

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Crick and Watson publish paper descibing DNA, 1953 (en.wikipedia.org)

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Slocum departs Boston on 1st solo circumnavagation, 1895 (en.wikipedia.org)

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Bay of Pigs, 1961 (en.wikipedia.org)

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70 years of the BUFF (en.wikipedia.org)

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Titanic vs iceberg, 1912 (en.wikipedia.org)

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First Human spaceflight, 1961 (en.wikipedia.org)

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Apple I intruduced, 1976 (en.wikipedia.org)

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Big Ben, the bell in the Palace of Westminster's clock tower in London, was cast after the original bell cracked during testing, 1858 (en.wikipedia.org)

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The Canadian Corps began the first wave of attacks at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in Vimy, France, 1917 (en.wikipedia.org)

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Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and others formally organized the Church of Christ, starting the Latter Day Saint movement, 1830 (en.wikipedia.org)

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First successful pony express ride, 1860 (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL NZ Had a Music TV Show, Radio With Pictures, Which Inspired the Creation of MTV (en.wikipedia.org)

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Sewards Folly, 1867 (en.wikipedia.org)

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US Navy established, 1794 (en.wikipedia.org)

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The Yongle Emperor of Ming China launched the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri, 1410 (en.wikipedia.org)

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Enrico Fermi published his discovery of neutron-induced radioactivity, for which he was later awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1938, 1934 (en.wikipedia.org)

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Titan discovered by Huygens, 1655 (en.wikipedia.org)

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New Zealand Wars: Māori leader Tītokowaru's conflict ended with the last of his forces surrendering to the New Zealand colonial government, 1869 (en.wikipedia.org)

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In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process, 1976 (en.wikipedia.org)

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