2021
US President Joe Biden signs a ‘once in a generation’ $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law.
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2021
Former Trump aide Stephen Bannon turns himself in after being found in contempt of US Congress by a federal grand jury, after refusing to comply with investigation into Jan 6.
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2013
Sony released their PlayStation 4 in North America and sold one million units within 24 hours.
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2011
Ubisoft released Rayman Origins worldwide for PlayStation 3, PC, and Xbox 360.
It was widely acclaimed as the best 2D platformer of its generation. While the Nintendo Wii version was well received, it wasn’t as popular on other platforms. Despite its high reviews, sales were rather dismal, with just 50,000 copies selling worldwide within the first month.
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2001
Microsoft entered the video game market with the launch of its first game console, the Xbox.
Much of the first Xbox’s success came down to the game it was launched alongside, Halo. The Xbox sold more than 1.5 million units in the US alone by the end of the year.
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1988
The Soviet Union’s uncrewed Buran space shuttle completed its first and only space flight.
The Buran was the first spaceplane created by the Soviet/Russian Buran space program. A second uncrewed flight was scheduled for 1993, but this was ultimately scrapped due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In 2002 the Buran space shuttle was destroyed when the hangar it was stored in collapsed.
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1969
The first Wendy’s restaurant opened in Columbus, Ohio, US.
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1904
American businessman King Camp Gillette was granted his patent for the safety razor.
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1849
The US held its first poultry show at Boston’s Public Garden.
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1837
Isaac Pitman introduced his shorthand system, “Stenographic Shorthand,” for writing.
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1835
On his second voyage, Charles Darwin arrived at Tahiti and noted rich fertile lands and intelligent natives.
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1806
Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spotted an unnamed mountain peak while exploring the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
While on the Pike Expedition, new parts of the area were discovered, and as a result, the newly mapped peak was named Pikes Peak.
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1777
The Continental Congress ratified the Articles of Confederation, the first government rule for the newly-formed United States of America.
The Articles were replaced by the current US Constitution 12 years later.
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1660
The first-ever licensed kosher butcher opened in New York City.
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1620
English military officer Myles Standish lead 16 men to explore Cape Cod.
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1492
Christopher Columbus wrote about tobacco use by the natives of New England.
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