2020
A polymer note replaced the paper £20 note in the UK.
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2018
Venezuela created its first virtual currency, called the petro, in hopes of saving its economy.
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2018
For the first time in her life, at age 91, Queen Elizabeth II attended London Fashion Week.
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2016
A John Lennon fan bought a lock of his hair for $35,000 at an auction in Dallas, Texas, USA.
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2013
The first electric car charging network debuted in Estonia.
One hundred and sixty-five charging stations were installed across the country, each taking less than 30 minutes to charge a car.
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2003
The Station nightclub in Rhode Island burned down, killing 100 people.
The fire started when Great White’s pyrotechnics went out of control, igniting acoustic foam surrounding the stage and ceiling. One hundred people were killed, and another 230 people were injured.
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1986
The Soviet Union launched the first module of its Mir space station.
Known as the core module, this first piece of the space station was the living module. Over the following years, six additional modules were launched into space and attached to the core module. The Mir space station operated for fifteen years before being decommissioned and returned to Earth in 2001.
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1962
John Glenn became the first American to orbit planet Earth.
Astronaut John Glenn orbited the planet three times during his five-hour trip in his Friendship 7 capsule.
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1959
Jimi Hendrix played his first gig at Temple de Hirsch Synagogue, Seattle, USA.
Hendrix was fired for playing his guitar too wildly.
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1943
American movie studio executives allowed the Office of War Information to review their scripts.
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1872
The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened for the first time in New York City.
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1792
US President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act.
Once signed, the United States Post Office became a cabinet position under the presidency. The Postal Service later became an independent corporation in 1971.
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