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1824 - Peruvian National Day |
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1835 - 1st sugar plantation in Hawaii begun. |
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1858 - 1st commercial treaty between US and Japan is signed. |
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1899 - 1st motorcycle race Manhattan Beach N.Y. |
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1900 - Italian king Umberto I assassinated. |
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1914 - 1st transcontinental phone link made Between NYC & SF |
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1915 - US marines land in Haiti stay until 1924. |
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1920 - 1st transcontinental airmail flight from NY to SF |
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1928 - Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released |
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1952 - 1st transpacific non-stop flight by jet |
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1957 - International Atomic Energy Agency established by UN |
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1957 - Jack Paar's Tonight show premiers |
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1958 - Southern Pacific Bay Ferries stop running |
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1958 - Pres Eisenhower signs into law NASA & Space Act of 1958. |
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1965 - Gemini 5 returned after 12 d/7 hr/11 min/53 sec. |
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1978 - Pioneer 11 transmitted images of Saturn & its rings. |
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1981 - Prince Charles & Lady Diana wed |
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1985 - 19th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 8 is launched |