2017
Tennis sisters went head-to-head when Serena Williams beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 at the Australian Open Women’s Tennis.
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2011
The Egyptian government shut down 88% of the internet across the country.
The government decided this would be the best course of action to help control the large protests that were happening.
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1998
Michelangelo’s famous painting “Christ of the Woman of Samaria” was sold for a staggering $7.4 million.
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1986
Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after takeoff, killing all seven crew members.
Several crew survived the initial breakup of the craft but not the impact of the Atlantic Ocean.
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1962
Honeybees stung Johannes Relleke a world record 2,443 times in Zimbabwe.
Amazingly she survived. Locals call the event “The Relleke Massacre” because all the bees died!
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1958
A patent was received for Ole Kirk Christiansen’s LEGO plastic bricks.
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1935
Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.
Iceland was the first western country to legalize abortion.
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1915
The United States Coast Guard was formed by an act passed by the US Congress.
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1887
Digging began to make way for the construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
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1887
The world’s largest snowflake measuring 15 inches wide by 8 inches thick, was discovered in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana.
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1813
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in the UK.
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1547
Edward VI was crowned King of England after Henry VIII died.
He was just nine years old when crowned.
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