2018
Xi’an, China, introduced a pedestrian lane for people who walk while looking at their phones.
The northern Chinese city implemented the special pedestrian zones because cars were often driving on the sidewalk, putting pedestrians who ignore their surroundings at risk of injury. Those most at risk are known as “phubbers,” or people who stare at their phones while walking.
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1987
The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.
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1984
Alexey Pajitnov shared his first playable version of Tetris with his colleagues.
Pajitnov created Tetris on an archaic computer, the Soviet Electronika 60 while trying to recreate one of his favorite puzzle games from his childhood.
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1983
James Bond’s 13th installment, “Octopussy,” was released.
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1983
Betty White received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host.
She became the first-ever woman to claim this award.
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1977
The US started plans to construct its first nuclear battlefield weapon.
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1971
The Soviet Union’s ill-fated Soyuz 11 mission was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The crew became the first to board a space station and then spent twenty-two days aboard the station. Everything fell apart when the mission returned to earth, as the landing capsule depressurized too early and the cosmonauts suffocated.
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1944
Normandy landings started in France during WWII.
This day was the largest seaborne invasion ever in history. 156,000 soldiers and 195,700 naval personnel came together to battle against the Nazis.
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1944
Alaska Airlines started operating.
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1933
The US celebrated the opening of its very first drive-in cinema.
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1932
Taxes were raised in the US with the implementation of the Revenue Act.
Top income earner’s taxes rose from 25% to 63%, estate tax doubled, and corporate tax raised by 15%.
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1882
H. W. Weely patented the electric iron in the US.
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1844
Founder George Williams established the YMCA alongside ten young Christian men.
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1716
The French ship named Aurore transported the first African slaves from Senegambia, West Africa, to Louisiana, US.
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