2023
Harrison returned to our screens for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
The fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series also starred John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Antonio Banderas. It’s the only film in the series that Steven Spielberg didn’t direct.
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2019
Donald Trump became the first US president to visit North Korea while meeting Kim Jong Un.
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2005
Spain legalized same-sex marriage.
This made Spain the fourth country in the world to do so.
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1985
NASA launched Intelsat VA F-11 into orbit.
The satellite was the 11th out of 15 installations to improve telecommunications across Intelsat’s global network. The satellite was deactivated in August 2003.
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1972
The first leap second was added to the UTC time system.
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1967
Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. was selected as the first African-American astronaut.
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1953
The first Chevrolet Corvette was manufactured in the US.
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1937
The world’s first emergency telephone calls were accepted in London, UK.
The number 999 used to make the call is still used today across the country.
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1934
The Nazi Party killed around 1,000 people, which became known as the “Night of Long Knives.”
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1908
An unidentified object thought to be a meteoroid or comet smashed into a remote forest in Siberia and destroyed 21,528 square feet of land.
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1906
The United States Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
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1894
Tower Bridge officially opened in London.
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1882
Charles J. Guiteau was hung until dead for the assassination of US President James A. Garfield.
Guiteau thought that a mediocre speech he wrote for Garfield’s presidential campaign won Garfield the presidency and demanded a consulship in Europe in return. After years of rejection, he finally snapped and shot the President twice in the back.
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1859
Charles Blondin became the first person to cross Niagara Falls by walking across a tightrope.
The wire was just two inches thick but 2,200 feet long. He walked the length there and back in about 23 minutes.
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1834
The US government passed the Indian Trade and Intercourse Act.
The act was part of a series of acts passed to restrict native Americans, mark boundaries, and establish rules for trade between natives and settlers.
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