2021
Paris’s Arc de Triomphe covered in fabric in tribute to the late artist Christo, his unfulfilled project.
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2021
World’s largest container ship, the Ever Ace, 400m-long (1,300ft) carrying 23,992 containers arrives in Felixstowe on its maiden voyage.
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2021
40th MTV Video Music Awards: Lil Nas X, Justin Bieber, and Olivia Rodrigo win.
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2018
Crosshatch drawings discovered on a 1.5-inch piece of stone in Blombos Cave in South Africa were found to be the oldest known human drawing at 73,000 years old.
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2017
East London sewers were blocked by an 829-foot (253 meters), 260,000 lb (23 ton) giant fatberg.
Fatbergs are formed when things are flushed down the toilet that shouldn’t be. This mass was comprised of fat, wet wipes, oil, condoms, and more.
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2010
Lady Gaga wore a full outfit made of meat for the MTV Video Music Awards.
She wore a dress, shoes, and a hairpiece, all made from raw cuts of meat.
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1998
Nintendo released Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition in Japan for the Game Boy Color.
It wasn’t released to the North American market until October the following year. Pokémon Yellow was an enhanced version of the Red and Blue Pokémon games released earlier for the Game Boy. One of the biggest differences is that your starter Pokémon is a Pikachu instead of a choice between Charmander, Bulbasaur, or Squirtle.
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1988
An extreme category 5 hurricane called Gilbert hit Jamaica, with the eye of the storm being 15 miles wide.
The storm had top speeds of up to 185 miles per hour, and 318 people died.
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1986
The American neo-noir mystery film “Blue Velvet” premiered in Toronto, Canada.
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1981
The animated fantasy TV show “The Smurfs” premiered on NBC.
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1962
American department store Kohl’s opened their first store in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
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1940
17,000-year-old cave art was discovered in France.
On this day, a dog named Robot fell into a hole. Marcel Ravidat and his friends went to help Robot. They made their way 15 meters down into the cave, where they discovered paintings of animals on the walls within the cavern. They are now known as the Lascaux Cave Paintings, and the area is now a World Heritage Site.
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1928
American actress Katherine Hepburn had her first stage performance in New York City, where she played in “Night Hostess.”
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1848
A new federal constitution was created, which marked Switzerland as a federal state.
The constitution was heavily influenced by the United States Constitution and the ideas of the French Revolution.
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1758
French astronomer Charles Messier accidentally discovered the Crab Nebula while looking for the Halley comet.
Although he wasn’t the first to document this discovery, this was the catalyst in his career and inspired the creation of the Messier Catalogue.
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1609
Henry Hudson began a journey up the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
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490 BC
The Greeks defeated the Persians in the Battle of Marathon.
The Battle of Marathon was the first time the Greeks had won against the Persians, proving that the Persians were not invincible.
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