2019
American explorer Victor Vescovo became the first person to journey to the deepest points of every ocean.
This wasn’t his first challenge, either. He’s also scaled the highest mountain on each of the world’s seven continents and skied to both the North and South poles.
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2018
Singer Steven Tyler ordered Donald Trump to stop playing their Aerosmith songs at rallies.
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2017
A Massachusetts lottery player, Mavis Wanczyk, won a staggering $758.7 million, claiming the largest lottery win in the US.
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2016
The Central Italy earthquake occurred.
The 6.2 magnitude earthquake killed 299 people, injured 388, and left 4,500 homeless.
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2016
Astronomers announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet named Proxima b.
The planet orbits the nearest star to our sun, Proxima Centauri, 4.22 lightyears away.
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2015
One billion people logged into Facebook for the first time, surpassing a major milestone.
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2014
Nurse William Pooley, who was treating patients in Sierra Leone, flew to London for emergency treatment after contracting Ebola.
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1995
Microsoft released its operating system, Windows 95, to the public.
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1981
Mark David Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
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1944
Allied troops began the attack on Paris during World War II.
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1909
The first installment of concrete was poured into the Panama Canal.
Although the project had begun in 1881, the first concrete wasn’t poured until 1909. The project was completed decades later and opened for business in 1914.
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1853
The first recorded potato chip was created by chef George Crum in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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1635
The Great Colonial Hurricane hit the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Jamestown Settlement in New England, USA.
It is considered one of the earliest hurricanes to have struck New England.
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1456
The first printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed.
Johannes Gutenberg invented one of the first printing presses in Germany and spent four years creating the printing plates for the Gutenberg Bible. This Bible was one of the first books ever printed.
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