2021
US Biden administration releases blueprint calling for 44% of American electricity to come from the sun by 2050 (currently 3%).
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2016
Space probe Osiris-Rex by NASA was launched to collect rock samples from the Bennu asteroid.
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2001
Kylie Minogue’s signature song “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” was released.
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1988
Yellowstone National Park closed for the first time in US history due to ongoing fires.
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1986
The Oprah Winfrey Show aired for the first time.
The show, along with her charisma, helped Winfrey become one of the most influential people in the world.
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1974
US President Gerald Ford officially pardoned Richard Nixon for any crimes he committed as President.
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1966
Queen Elizabeth II of England officially opened the Severn Bridge in South West England.
The River Severn is 220 miles long and is the longest river in Great Britain.
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1966
“Star Trek: The Original Series” aired for the first time on NBC-TV.
The original show was created by Gene Roddenberry and ran for three seasons, with a total of 79 episodes.
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1963
A 34-year-old grandmother gave birth to four male quintuplets in Venezuela.
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1952
“The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway was published in book form after first being published in Life Magazine on September 1.
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1933
Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
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1921
Margaret Gorman from Washington, D.C., became the very first Miss America.
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1831
William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom.
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1024
Conrad II, also known as Conrad the Elder, was crowned king of Germany in Mainz Cathedral by Archbishop Aribo.
To celebrate his coronation, Conrad commissioned the construction of Speyer Cathedral near his hometown of Worms in Speyer, Germany.
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