2019
A couple got married at their local Dunkin’ Donuts after breaking up their relationship at the same Dunkin’ Donuts 25 years prior.
They married at their memorable Dunkin’ Donuts in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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2017
Raheem Sterling scores to give Manchester City 1-0 win over Newcastle United at St. James’ Park; EPL record 18th consecutive win; streak ends with 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace 31/12.
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2015
Iraqi forces retake IS held city of Ramadi (ISIS first captured in May).
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2007
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated.
The former Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, was killed as she was leaving a rally of the Pakistan People’s Party. She was killed as she was driving away from the rally as a result of both gunshot wounds and suicide bomber detonation next to her car.
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2004
Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reached Earth.
This was the brightest stellar event ever recorded, with a flash of light so powerful that it bounced off the Moon and lit up the Earth’s upper atmosphere. The radiation from the starquake explosion took 50,000 years to reach Earth.
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2002
Chicago, the film based on the musical and directed by Rob Marshall, was released.
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1967
Leonard Cohen released his debut album “Songs of Leonard Cohen” through Columbia Records.
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1964
The Supremes first appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” singing “Come See About Me.”
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1945
Twenty-nine nations came together to sign an agreement that created the International Monetary Fund.
With the end of WWII, the world’s leaders realized that the international monetary system needed to be restructured and restabilized. With that goal came the birth of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has since worked tirelessly to aid the economic growth of its member states, stabilize the global economy, and reduce poverty worldwide.
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1939
Between 20,000 and 40,000 people died in a magnitude eight earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey.
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1932
Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
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1850
The Hawaiian Fire Department was established.
After an ordinance issued by Kamehameha III, the third King of Hawaii, the HFD was founded.
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1657
The “Flushing Remonstrance” petition was signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, which protested the ban on Quaker worship.
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1512
Spain decreed the Laws of Burgos, the first set of laws that attempted to govern Spaniards abroad in the Americas.
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537 AD
Hagia Sophia was inaugurated by the Emperor Justinian I as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral.
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