2018
In Svalbard, Norway, the Global Seed Vault celebrated its 10th anniversary by adding its one-millionth seed.
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2013
Nineteen tourists were killed in a hot air balloon crash in Luxor, Egypt.
There were twenty-one people on board when a gas leak caused the balloon to deflate and crash to the ground.
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1998
Oprah Winfrey was declared not guilty after cattlemen tried to sue her for saying American beef could spread mad cow disease.
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1983
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” hit number one on the Billboard 200 and stayed there for 37 weeks.
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1952
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill went public that Britain had its first atomic bomb and planned to test it in Australia by the end of the year.
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1935
Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated radar in Slough, England, UK.
Radar uses radio waves to detect objects like aircraft, missiles, or even the weather.
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1929
Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park was established after being signed off by President Calvin Coolidge.
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1914
The HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, was launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
On November 21, 1916, an explosion caused by a naval mine of the Imperial German Navy caused the HMHS Britannic to sink, killing 30 people.
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1839
The UK had its first Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.
There were a total of 17 runners, and the winner was Jem Mason.
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1815
Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from Elba.
Napoleon was originally exiled to Elba off the coast of Tuscany after abdicating his throne. Once this occurred, King Louis XVIII ascended the throne.
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1797
£1 notes were circulated in Britain.
The notes were needed because there was a shortage of available gold to produce £1 coins.
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1616
The Roman Inquisition ordered Galileo not to teach or defend his theory that Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
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