2014
Ellen Page received a standing ovation after her emotional coming out speech at the Human Rights Campaign “Time to Thrive.”
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2005
YouTube was founded & the domain name youtube.com was activated.
YouTube officially launched on December 15, 2005, by which time the site was receiving 8 million daily views.
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1990
Pale Blue Dot, an iconic photo of our Earth, was taken by Voyager 1 space probe.
The photo was taken from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) away and was received in real-time. The earth can be seen as just a tiny pale blue dot.
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1985
Whitney Houston’s self-titled album was released.
The album was Billboard’s Album of Year in 1986.
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1967
Aretha Franklin recorded “Respect.”
The song became Billboard Song of the Year for 1967.
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1931
The original “Dracula” movie premiered in New York City, starring Bela Lugosi.
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1929
The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre took place in Chicago.
Seven North Side Gang members were killed – apparently on Al Capone’s order.
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1912
Arizona became the 48th state to join the United States of America.
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1876
Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone.
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1859
Oregon became the 33rd state to join the United States of America.
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1849
A photograph was taken of the 11th US President, James Knox Polk.
The photo was taken in New York City by Matthew Brady and is the earliest photo of a US president in office that has been found.
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1747
The discovery of Earth’s wobbling motion on its axis was presented to the Royal Society, London, in a letter written by astronomer James Bradley.
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1349
Hundreds of Jews in Strasbourg, France, were publicly burnt to death.
Known as the Strasbourg massacre, it happened during and after the Black Death, and the Jews were blamed for the epidemic.
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