2021
Land, including world’s oldest living rainforest, Daintree National Park (180 million yrs old) returned to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people in Far North Queensland, Australia.
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2021
Canada observes its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, honoring victims and survivors of residential schools for indigenous children.
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2019
A super-massive iceberg broke away from Antarctica.
It happened at the Amery Ice Shelf, where an incredible 315 billion tons drifted away from the continent.
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2004
For the first time, scientists captured images of a live giant squid in its natural environment.
The live giant squid is the largest invertebrate in the world and is estimated to be 26 feet in size.
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1994
NASA launched the Endeavour space shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center on Mission STS-68.
The launch was initially set for August 18 but had to be aborted 1.9 seconds after the shuttle’s three main engines ignited. The launch was pushed back to October but then brought forward again to the end of September after three main engines from another space shuttle were used to replace Endeavour’s main engines.
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1993
The 6.4 magnitude Latur earthquake in India killed nearly 10,000 people.
The earthquake began at 3:56 am local time at a depth of 6.2 miles and caused the equivalent of $1.3 billion in damages.
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1968
The Supremes released their hit single “Love Child.”
The track hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 between November 30 and December 7, 1968.
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1960
American animated sitcom “The Flintstones,” which romanticized the Stone Age debuted on ABC.
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1955
Hollywood actor James Dean died aged 24.
On this day, he was traveling to a sports car racing competition in California when he was involved in a fatal car accident at the junction of California State Route 41.
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1954
The US Navy commissioned USS Nautilus, which became the world’s first nuclear submarine.
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1920
Times Square Theater opened with a capacity of 1,032.
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1888
Jack the Ripper killed his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
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1846
Anesthetic was used for the first time on a dental patient by Dr. William Morton.
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1791
Mozart’s last opera, “The Magic Flute,” premiered in Vienna.
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1399
Parliament officially nominated Henry IV as Richard II’s successor and proclaimed him king of England.
He was officially crowned king on October 13, 1399.
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