2021
Platform diver Tom Daley won his first Olympic gold medal in men’s synchronized diving, 13 years after his first Olympic games.
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2018
In one day, Facebook lost $120 billion in value on the stock market.
The drop equated to 20% of the company value and was the worst drop in Facebook’s history.
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2018
Albert Einstein’s theory of gravitational redshift was proven after a telescope in Chile observed a black hole.
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2017
President Donald Trump banned transgender persons from joining the US military.
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1993
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed in South Korea.
Sixty-eight lives were lost, and there were a total of 48 survivors.
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1951
Alice in Wonderland premiered in London.
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1947
President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act.
Truman signed the bill while flying a US Air Force-owned C-54 aircraft.
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1882
The opera “Parsifal” by Richard Wagner premiered in Bayreuth, Germany.
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1788
New York became the 11th state to join the United States of America.
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1775
The US Postal Service was founded.
Benjamin Franklin was named the first Postmaster General.
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1755
Italian adventurer and author Giacomo Casanova was arrested in Venice for his offensive remarks on religion.
He was later sentenced to five years in prison without a trial.
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1529
Francisco Pizarro became the Governor of Castile, which is a historic area of modern-day Peru.
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1469
As part of the War of the Roses in England, the Battle of Edgcote took place.
The day-long battle led to a rebel win where the Earl of Warwick took power over King Edward IV. King Edward regained control in September.
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