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- 1660
Great Fire of 1660 in Constantinople destroys two thirds of city View Post →
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- 1487
Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, rebel against beer ban
- 1847
Rotary-type printing press patent received by Richard M. Hoe
- 1851
Hated Window Tax is abolished in the United Kingdom
- 1880
1st commercial hydroelectric power plant starts in Grand Rapids
- 1910
Matador Juan Belmonte kills his 1st bull
- 1911
American explorer Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu
- 1934
1st ptarmigan hatched and reared in captivity, Ithaca, NY
- 1982
Heavy rain causes mudslide, destroys bridge at Nagasaki
- 1998
Saving Private Ryan directed by Steven Spielberg is released
- 2005
Lance Armstrong retires after 7th consecutive Tour de France win
- 2018
First bison born in Banff National Park, Canada, in 140 years
- 2018
Wildfires near Athens, Greece, kill 91 with 104 injured
- 2019
Kristóf Milák breaks Michael Phelps' 200m butterfly world record
- 2019
Facebook pays $5 billion fine for violating consumer privacy
- 1982
“Eye Of The Tiger” from “Rocky III” tops the U.S. pop charts
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