2021
74th Tony Awards: “Moulin Rouge!” Best Musical, “The Inheritance” Best Play, Aaron Tveit, Lois Smith and Adrienne Warren win.
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2019
The World Health Organization announced that they would give measles vaccinations to 800,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This announcement was made after reports showed that 3,500 people died each year from the disease.
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2017
Epic Games released the video game Fortnite Battle Royale.
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2017
Saudi Arabia became the last country in the world to lift a ban on women driving cars.
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2004
Ed Whitlock became the world’s first person over the age of 70 to run a marathon in under 3 hours.
He completed the 26.2 miles at the Toronto Marathon in just 2 hours, 54 minutes, and 48 seconds.
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1997
The Umbria and Marche earthquake occurred in Italy, killing 11 people and injuring 100.
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1996
Nintendo released Super Mario 64, one of their most iconic Mario games.
Super Mario 64 was the first 3D Mario game. Not only was it the reason for the Nintendo 64′s wild success as a console, but it was the direct inspiration for the concept of 3D platformer games, much like its predecessors were for 2D platformers.
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1983
Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov narrowly escaped the Soyuz T-10 spacecraft explosion.
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1973
Concorde made its first nonstop trip across the Atlantic from Washington, DC, to Paris, France, in a record-breaking time of 3 hours and 32 minutes.
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1969
The Beatles released Abbey Road, the last album they recorded before breaking up.
It wasn’t their last album, though. “Let It Be” was recorded before Abbey Road but released later in 1970. Their infighting got so bad that John Lennon didn’t perform on some of the album’s tracks and quit the band before it was released.
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1949
The iconic Hollywoodland sign was changed to just Hollywood as we know it today.
On September 26, 1949, the Hollywoodland Sign officially became the Hollywood Sign as the City of Los Angeles removed the LAND from the Hollywood Sign forever and rebuilt the H.
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1890
The US Congress abolished the gold dollar and three-dollar coins.
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1687
The famous Parthenon building in Athens, Greece, was damaged due to an attack by the Venetian army attempting to remove Turks who turned the building into a mosque.
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1580
Sir Frances Drake completed his famous circumnavigation of the world when he sailed into Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind.
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1087
William II, the third son of William the Conquer, was crowned King of England.
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