2019
Thousands of anti-government protesters disrupted Hong Kong International Airport.
The airport had to cancel all departure flights.
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2018
A plane stolen from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport flew for over an hour before crashing on a wooded island.
Richard Russell, who took the plane, was the only person on board and died in the crash.
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2018
The Parker Solar Probe was launched by NASA, heading for the Sun.
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2017
The “Unite the Right” gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia, became violent after a car smashed into protesters.
One person died in the attack, and nineteen more were injured. On this same day, a police helicopter watched the protests and crashed, killing two officers.
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2015
Former President Jimmy Carter had a lesion removed from his liver.
He also announced that his cancer had spread to his brain.
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2015
A mass grave of 30 victims of the 1665 plague was found at Liverpool Street station in London, England.
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1981
The IBM Personal Computer was released.
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1964
South Africa was banned from the Olympic Games due to the country’s racist policies.
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1908
Ford completed their first Model T vehicle at a Ford plant in Detroit, Michigan.
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1877
One of Mars’ moons, “Deimos,” was discovered by an American astronomer, Asaph Hall.
It was named after the Ancient Greek god of dread and terror.
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1877
Thomas Edison completed his first model of a phonograph.
The phonograph was the first device to record sound, which was the birth of recording devices.
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1851
Isaac Singer was granted his patent for a commercial sewing machine.
Although Singer’s sewing machines made him famous, this wasn’t his first-ever patent. Singer’s first patent was granted in 1839, and it was for a machine to drill rock.
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1793
Following the divide of the Rhone-et-Loire department in France, the Rhone department became independent.
Due to an ongoing uprising in Lyon, it was decided that the neighboring department, Rhone-et-Loire, should be divided in two to calm the rebellion. The proposal was sent in on this day and was approved on November 9.
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1676
The war between English Colonists and Native Americans in New England ended.
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