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- 1967
Mohammed Ali sentenced for refusing Vietnam War induction View Post →
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- 2015
1000 Pepper robots sell out in Japan. View Post →
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- 1936
Jesse Owens sets 100-meter record at 10.2
- 1840
Samuel Morse patents his telegraph.
- 451
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Romans & Visigoths defeat Attila.
- 2020
Record-high 38C temperature recorded in Arctic circle.
- 1782
Congress approves Great Seal of the US with bald eagle symbol.
- 1975
Jaws, directed by Spielberg, released.
- 1867
US President Johnson announces the Alaska Purchase.
- 1939
Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants
- 1819
SS Savannah reaches Cork, 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic.
- 1969
200,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix paid $120,000
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