2019
HBO’s Game of Thrones aired the longest battle ever to be shown on screen.
The episode was called “The Long Night,” and the battle lasted for almost 80 minutes.
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2001
Space welcomed its first tourist from Earth.
Businessman Dennis Tito spent $20 million to become the first space tourist to orbit our planet.
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1994
The Simpsons aired its 100th television episode on Fox.
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1988
Flight attendant Clarabelle “C.B.” Lansing was blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243.
The flight departed from Hilo International Airport and was scheduled to land in Honolulu. The explosive decompression of the plane tore off a large section of the roof of the aircraft. Flight attendant Lansing was ejected from the plane, and her body was never found. There were no other fatalities.
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1978
Mohammed Daoud Khan, the President of Afghanistan, was assassinated in a coup.
The coup was led by pro-communist revolutionaries and the nation’s military, who were displeased with Khan’s autocratic rule.
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1967
Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali lost his boxing title after refusing to join the army.
Muhammed Ali stated he could not join due to religious reasons. He had changed his name and converted to Islam in 1964.
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1958
Vice President Richard Nixon started a goodwill tour in South America to show that the US was committed to the region.
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1958
After 104 episodes, Adventures of Superman aired its final episode.
Adventures of Superman was the first television series about Superman, which originally aired in black & white in 1952.
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1952
The Treaty of San Francisco took effect.
The treaty was put in place to guarantee peace between Japan and 48 nation allies of World War II.
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1945
Fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was executed in a small village in Northern Italy.
Partisan uprisings and Allied advancements into Italy forced Mussolini to flee. He and his mistress were captured trying to escape to Switzerland.
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1920
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was founded.
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1881
Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
During his escape, he killed two sheriff’s deputies and managed to evade capture for more than two months.
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1788
Maryland became the 7th state to join the United States of America.
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1770
Explorer Captain James Cook arrived at Botany Bay in Australia.
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