2021
More than one million people in southern Madagascar are on the brink of famine according to Amnesty International, who urges world to provide relief.
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2021
Cleveland Guardians men’s roller derby team files lawsuit seeking to block MLB baseball Cleveland Indians name change.
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2019
Actor Wes Studi received the Governor’s Award Oscar for Lifetime Acting Achievement, making him the first Native American to do so.
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2017
The first successful operation of conjoined twins joined at the head was completed in New Delhi, India.
The surgery took 16 hours and a team of 30 doctors.
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2014
Taylor Swift released her fifth studio album, “1989.”
1989 won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards in 2016. This made Swift the first female solo artist to win Album of the Year twice.
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2005
Riots broke out in Paris, France, after two Muslim teenagers were electrocuted trying to evade police.
The riot resulted from longstanding tensions caused by unemployment, police harassment, and religious persecution.
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1994
Gliese 229B became the first brown dwarf to be seen and identified by astronomers.
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1991
Turkmenistan declared independence from the Soviet Union.
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1961
NASA’s Saturn I rocket was tested for the first time in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
The Saturn I rocket was a huge step up from previous launch rockets designed by NASA, carrying much greater loads at significantly higher thrust. The mission’s engineers estimated that the rocket only had a seventy percent chance of lifting off, so it was a great surprise when the mission was a complete success.
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1955
James Dean’s most acclaimed movie, “Rebel Without a Cause,” was released in the US.
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1954
ABC premiered Walt Disney’s first TV show, “Disneyland.”
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1925
Inventor Fred Waller patented the aquaplane, which would become water skis.
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1913
US President Woodrow Wilson announced the country would never fight another country for territory again.
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1682
Englishman William Penn founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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1644
The Second Battle of Newbury was fought in the English Civil War.
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312 AD
Roman Emperor Constantine had his Vision of the Cross.
The vision came during his preparations for battle and led him to believe he was fighting under God’s protection.
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