2022
In a televised statement, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, announced that he would conduct a “special military operation” against Ukraine.
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2020
China announced that the Coronavirus had created the country’s worst health emergency since 1949.
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1999
Eminem’s album The Slim Shady LP went on sale.
This was his first major album, and he recorded it at Studio 8 in Ferndale, Michigan, USA.
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1999
Silent Hill, the first installment in the Silent Hill series, was released for the PlayStation.
Many early reviewers of Silent Hill criticized it for being a clone of Resident Evil, but the only thing they really have in common is that they’re both horror games. Most importantly, Silent Hill created a truly disturbing atmosphere for its players, more in line with psychological horror than the more classic visually disturbing horror games.
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1997
The full-length, uncensored version of Schindler’s List aired on NBC, receiving 65 million viewers.
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1996
The movie “Trainspotting” arrived in UK cinemas.
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1992
NASA successfully launched the third of its advanced series 2 GPS satellites into orbit.
The Global Positioning System (GPS) was originally developed by the US Department of Defence to provide real-time navigation for the military but was soon after made available to the general public. This particular line of satellites was designed to operate for approximately 7.5 years.
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1991
President H. W. Bush gave Iraq the ultimatum that they had 24 hours to get their forces out of Kuwait or face war.
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1954
Polio vaccines were given to the first group of children in the US at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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1947
US General Eisenhower bid to raise $170 million in aid to help European Jews.
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1945
During WWII, the German town of Pforzheim was annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
Nearly one-third of the town’s population was killed in the air raid, and about 83% of the town’s buildings were destroyed.
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1941
Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg discovered the chemical element Plutonium.
Plutonium is used as both a fuel and an explosive.
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1903
The United States of America leased Guantanamo Bay from Cuba, with the lease lasting an indefinite period.
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1886
The first-ever classified ad was published in The Times, London, UK.
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1836
The Battle of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.
The siege lasted for a total of thirteen days.
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