2021
Farm Aid held in Hartford, Connecticut; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Bettye LaVette, Tyler Childers, the Wisdom Indian Dancers, and the Horse Hill Singers.
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2018
Designer Michael Kors purchased the luxury fashion brand Versace for $2.1 billion.
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2016
China finished building the world’s largest radio telescope at 1,640 feet (500 meters) long.
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2016
Selena Gomez achieved a world record for being the first person to reach 100 million followers on Instagram.
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2015
Los Angeles Judge approved Caitlyn Jenner to change her name from Bruce and her gender to female.
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2015
Schools shut down in Singapore due to air pollution from farming practices in Indonesia.
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1992
NASA launched the Mars Observer, a space probe designed to study Mars’ geology and climate.
The Mars Observer was a modified version of a standard communications satellite and was equipped with a wide range of instruments to study Mars in detail. Contact was lost with the probe just under a year after its launch as it was preparing to enter Mars’ orbit.
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1981
Belize became a member of the United Nations.
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1964
The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal began.
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1928
Telecoms company Motorola was incorporated by Paul and Joseph Galvin.
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1926
Henry Ford changed employees’ working schedules to 8-hour days, 5 days a week.
Around this time, some people worked 100 hours a week., The changes came with no reductions to their salaries.
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1890
Sequoia National Park was established in the Sierra Nevada region of California, USA, by the National park service.
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1789
The US congress proposed the addition of twelve changes to the US Constitution.
Changes 3 – 12 would go on to be the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15, 1791.
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1639
The first printing press was set up in New England, US.
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1066
The Battle of Stamford Bridge occurred between the English army and a Norwegian force.
The English won the battle by defeating and killing all the Norweigan soldiers. This battle has often been remembered as marking the end of the Viking age.
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