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- 2004
Millennium Park opens in Chicago View Post →
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- 2005
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince released
- 1961
Ralph Boston sets long jump record at 27' 2
- 1439
England bans kissing to stop Black Death
- 2015
Scientists reveal 1st close-up pictures of Pluto
- 2004
Martha Stewart sentenced to 5 months in prison
- 1755
John Adams graduates Harvard
- 1951
The Catcher in the Rye published
- 1979
Saddam Hussein becomes president of Iraq
- 1661
Bank of Stockholm issues 1st European banknotes
- 1965
Mont Blanc Road tunnel opens between France & Italy
- 1995
Amazon.com sells its first book
- 1963
Amazon river carries record 190,000 m3/sec of water
- 1990
400 die in a 7.7 earthquake in Philippines
- 1867
Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete
- 1990
Fire at NYC's Empire State Building, no fatalities
- 1999
JFK Jr. killed in plane crash
- 1945
1st atomic bomb test, Trinity Site, New Mexico
- 2009
Sears Tower in Chicago renamed Willis Tower
- 1935
1st auto parking meter installed in Oklahoma City, US
- 1957
US Marine Major John Glenn orbits earth
- 1790
Congress declares Washington, D.C. new capital
- 463
Lunar Cycle of Hilarius begins
- 2018
12 new moons discovered orbiting Jupiter
- 1377
Richard II, 10, crowned King of England
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