2020
A meteorite that landed in Australia in the 1960s revealed stardust up to 7 billion years old.
That makes it the oldest known solid material on Earth.
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2013
Aaron Carpenter made his first-ever Tweet on Twitter; it was about his trip to the dentist.
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2007
Instruments used to observe Venus found two-thirds of the planet’s southern hemisphere brightened after aerosols were triggered on an “astronomical” scale.
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1998
Alfredo Ormando set himself on fire in St. Peter’s Square, protesting against the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching on homosexuality.
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1992
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer changed his plea from not guilty to guilty but insane.
In May 1991, he admitted to his crimes but, despite this, pleaded not guilty. On this day, Dahmer pleaded guilty but insane to killing 15 young males between 1978 and 1991.
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1958
Nine thousand scientists from 43 nations signed a petition to ban nuclear testing.
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1942
Industrialist Henry Ford’s method to construct auto bodies from plastic was patented.
Auto bodies are the outside shell of vehicles.
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1930
Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse comic strip was published for the first time.
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1915
Avezzano earthquake claimed 30,000 lives in Italy.
The 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck at 07:52:42 local time in the town of Avezzano and caused USD 60 million damage.
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1893
Center left-wing Independent Labour Party was formed in Britain with Keir Hardie as the leader.
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1882
German composer Richard Wagner completed “Parsifal” – one of his most famous operas.
Wagner started working on this opera way back in April 1857, which means it took him almost 25 years to complete it!
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1610
Galileo Galilei discovered Callisto, the fourth moon of Jupiter.
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532 AD
The most destructive riot in Constantinople’s history, the Nika Riots, began during a chariot race.
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