2019
Billie Eilish released her first-ever album, “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”
At the 2020 Grammy Awards, it won Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Its best-selling single, “Bad Guy,” won Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
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2007
Rihanna’s single “Umbrella” was released.
It featured Jay-Z and spent seven weeks as #1 on Billboard’s Top 100.
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2004
Ireland became the first in the world to ban smoking in pubs, restaurants, and workplaces.
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1998
Europe’s longest bridge officially opened in Lisbon, Portugal.
The Vasco da Gama Bridge is an impressive 7.6 miles (12.3 km) long!
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1974
China’s famous Terracotta Army was uncovered by a group of farmers near Xi’an, China.
The buried army consisted of 6,000 clay warriors and was placed underground in 210-209 BC to protect China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, in the afterlife.
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1974
NASA’s Mariner 10 became the first spacecraft to reach Mercury.
The Mariner 10 flew close to Mercury to take pictures of the planet.
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1961
The 23rd Amendment was ratified, allowing residents of Washington, DC to vote in US elections.
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1959
The black and white romantic comedy “Some Like it Hot” was released to movie theaters in New York City.
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1929
US President Herbert Hoover installed the White House’s first telephone.
It was placed prominently on his Oval Office desk.
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1871
Queen Victoria opened the Royal Albert Hall in London.
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1848
Niagara Falls waterfall stopped flowing due to an ice jam.
The flow stopped for 30 to 40 hours, and it’s the only time it’s recorded to have happened.
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1795
Beethoven performed in person for the first time.
He performed the Piano Concerto No. 2 in Vienna, Austria.
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