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01/01 Castro expels Cuban President Batista, 1959 |
01/01 Castro expels Cuban President Batista, 1959 |
01/01 Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech, 1947 |
01/01 Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech, 1947 |
01/01 First Rose Bowl; Michigan 49 - Stanford 0, 1902 |
01/01 First Rose Bowl; Michigan 49 - Stanford 0, 1902 |
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01/02 First military deployment of helicopters (VS-300 by Igor Sikorsky), |
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with a brittish american convoy, 1944 |
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01/02 Soviet rocket carrying Lunokhod-1 leaves the Earth's orbit |
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the first time ever (though did not reach the moon), 1959 |
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01/03 After 218 years since discovery by europeans and 92 years after |
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it was purchased from Russian Empire, Alaska becomes 49th state, 1959 |
01/04 Quadrantid meteor shower (look north) |
01/04 Quadrantid meteor shower (look north) |
01/05 -50 degrees F, Strawberry UT, 1913 |
01/05 -50 degrees F, Strawberry UT, 1913 |
01/05 The FCC hears the first demonstration of FM radio, 1940 |
01/05 The FCC hears the first demonstration of FM radio, 1940 |
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03/28 First reaction thrust motor demonstration, 1883 |
03/28 First reaction thrust motor demonstration, 1883 |
03/28 Three Mile Island releases radioactive gas, 1979 |
03/28 Three Mile Island releases radioactive gas, 1979 |
03/29 Swedish settled Christiana (Wilmington) DE, 1638 |
03/29 Swedish settled Christiana (Wilmington) DE, 1638 |
03/30 Alaska purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, 1867 |
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03/30 Five rings around Uranus discovered, 1977 |
03/30 Five rings around Uranus discovered, 1977 |
03/30 Pencil with eraser patented, 1858 |
03/30 Pencil with eraser patented, 1858 |
04/01 People of superb intelligence, savoir-faire, etc. born this day. |
04/01 People of superb intelligence, savoir-faire, etc. born this day. |
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04/07 Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland, 1943 |
04/07 Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland, 1943 |
04/07 Alewives run, Cape Cod |
04/07 Alewives run, Cape Cod |
04/09 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, 1865 |
04/09 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, 1865 |
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04/09 Alaska purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, 1867 |
04/12 Confederate troops fire first shots of Civil War at Ft Sumter, 1861 |
04/12 Confederate troops fire first shots of Civil War at Ft Sumter, 1861 |
04/12 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, 1961 |
04/12 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, 1961 |
04/12 Space Shuttle Columbia launched, 1981 |
04/12 Space Shuttle Columbia launched, 1981 |