2020
Tiger King was released on Netflix.
This American true-crime documentary miniseries was about the life of a zookeeper, Joe Exotic.
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2020
Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizon was released on the Nintendo Switch.
The fifth installment in the Animal Crossing series, this cutesy fun-loving game won many awards, including Game of the Year from the Golden Joystick Awards, Japan Game Awards, and Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards.
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2019
Researchers discovered molecules on people’s skin that are early warning signs of Parkinson’s disease, aided by a woman’s nose.
Scottish woman Joy Milne, who is capable of smelling Parkinson’s disease, helped researchers discover the molecule at the University of Manchester.
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2019
Disney purchased 21st Century Fox for $71 billion.
The purchase was made to grow Disney’s empire and take on Netflix in the world of online TV streaming.
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2003
Ground troops from the USA, UK, Australia, and Poland invaded Iraq.
The invasion of Iraq was justified on the grounds that Iraq was illegally manufacturing and harboring weapons of mass destruction. Air raids pre-empted the invasion into Iraq on March 19. Approximately 130,000 troops from the US, 45,000 from the UK, 2,000 from Australia, and 194 from Poland participated in the initial invasion.
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1986
The Gay Rights Anti-Discrimination Bill was passed in New York City, US.
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1973
Baseball player Roberto Clemente was elected to the Hall of Fame.
It was a posthumous honor as he tragically died in a plane crash just 11 weeks prior.
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1965
The Civil and Women’s Rights Activist Dorothy Height wrote her first column in the African-American newspaper “New York Amsterdam News.”
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1954
The first newspaper from a vending machine was bought in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
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1930
Colonel Harland Sanders founded KFC in North Corbin, Kentucky.
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1760
The Great Fire of Boston destroyed 349 buildings.
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1602
The Dutch East India Company was established.
The company is believed to be the largest ever to have existed in recorded history.
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1345
Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars came into alignment. Medieval scholars believed this phenomenon brought forth the Black Death.
The Black Death was a pandemic covering Europe, the Middle East, and Asia and killed around 25 million people.
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