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  • 1783

    Montgolfier brothers' first public hot-air balloon flight in France. View Post →

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  • 1984

    Bruce Springsteen's album Born in the USA released by Columbia Records. View Post →

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  • 1969

    Man survives 9-hour flight in jet wheel pod from Havana to Spain.

  • 1989

    Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing end with Chinese troops opening fire on protesters.

  • 1912

    Massachusetts enacts the first US minimum wage law.

  • 1896

    Henry Ford drives his first Ford vehicle through Detroit.

  • -782

    Oldest recorded solar eclipse observed in China.

  • 1984

    Tile-matching puzzle video game Tetris released in the Soviet Union.

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