2012
Wayne Rooney apologized to a 9-year-old fan after accidentally breaking his wrist.
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2003
The UK government recognized British Sign Language (BSL) as an official language.
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1992
Donna Summer received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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1990
$500 million worth of art was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, US.
It is known as the largest US art robbery in history, and none of the pieces have been recovered. There is a $10 million reward for information leading to their return!
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1965
Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov made the first spacewalk when he left his Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
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1937
The Pedaliante, a human-powered aircraft, successfully flew 0.62 miles (1 km) in Milan, Italy.
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1922
The first public Bat Mitzvah was held in New York City. It was for a girl named Judith Kaplan.
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1922
Mahatma Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison for his civil disobedience during a protest.
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1898
American Astronomer William Henry Pickering discovered Phoebe, one of Saturn’s moons.
Pickering had taken photographs of Saturn and its surrounding satellites and, upon inspection of them, discovered the new moon. Phoebe was the first satellite ever to be discovered utilizing photography.
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1870
The Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge became the first US wildlife sanctuary.
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1834
The Portage Railroad Line in Pennsylvania built the first railroad tunnel in the US.
The tunnel stretched 275 miles long and cost almost $2 million at the time.
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1571
Valletta was made the capital city of Malta.
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