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- 1980
Toru Iwatani's video game, Pac-Man, debuts in Japan. View Post →
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- 1868
Reno Brothers Gang robs a train in Marshfield, Indiana, stealing $98,000. View Post →
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- 1977
Orient Express makes its final European scheduled run after 94 years.
- 1958
Seagram Building, a modernist skyscraper by Mies van der Rohe, opens in Manhattan, New York.
- 1807
Aaron Burr, former US Vice President, acquitted of treason charges in Richmond, Virginia.
- 1927
8.3 magnitude Nan-Shan earthquake in Tsinghai, China kills over 40,900 people.
- 1960
Strongest recorded earthquake (9.4-9.6 magnitude) strikes Chile, causing multiple tsunamis and thousands of deaths.
- 2019
Washington State becomes the first US state to legalize human body composting.
- 1803
Connecticut opens the first US public library.
- 1892
Washington Sheffield invents the toothpaste tube.
- 1819
SS Savannah sails from Georgia, aiming to be the first steam-powered vessel to cross the Atlantic.
- 1906
Wright Brothers granted a patent for their flying machine.
- 1849
President Abraham Lincoln receives a patent for a boat-lifting device.
- 1992
Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.
- -335
Alexander the Great's Macedonian army defeats Darius III of Persia in Battle of the Granicus.
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