2019
The UK had its hottest day on record.
On this day, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, reached a scorching 38.7 °C (101.7°F).
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2019
An asteroid, dubbed “City Killer,” came closer to Earth than the moon and was almost undetected.
Astonished astronomers reported the object flew past the Earth at 15 miles per second and was 43,500 miles from Earth at its closest point.
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2016
Verizon bought Yahoo for $4.8 billion in cash.
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2010
Wikileaks published classified information about the war in Afghanistan.
This was one of the largest leaks in US military history.
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2007
Pratibha Patil was sworn in as India’s first female president.
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1999
Lance Armstrong won Tour de France for the 7th consecutive run.
However, on October 22, 2012, he was disqualified from his wins by the Anti-Doping Agency. He was also banned for life from competitive cycling.
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1983
Metallica released their album “Kill ‘Em All.”
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1978
The first baby was born after being conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF).
As the world’s first test-tube baby, Louise Brown was famous from birth – at least in the medical world. Although she was born earlier than expected, Louise was a perfectly healthy baby girl. Her parents had struggled to have a child naturally for nine years before signing up for the experimental fertility program.
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1965
Bob Dylan performed his first electric concert at the Newport Folk Festival.
Sections of the audience booed the performance, while the rest applauded his performance. Dylan was said to have “electrified one half of his audience, and electrocuted the other.”
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1943
Italian Fascist Prime Minister Benito Mussolini was removed from office.
The result came from a decision by Italy’s Grand Council of Fascism, Mussolini’s main body of government. What followed was the establishment of a new government, the arrest of Mussolini, and an end to 21 years of Italian Fascism.
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1854
The plastic shirt collar was patented in the US by Walter Hunt.
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1797
Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson’s attempt to conquest Tenerife, Spain, failed.
On this day, he lost 300 or more men as well as his own arm.
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1564
Maximilian II became emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
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1139
After winning the Battle of Ourique, Afonso I became King of Portugal.
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