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* 69, Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules for three months before committing suicide
* 69, Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome,
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but only rules for three months before committing suicide
      
* 1759, the British Museum opens
 
* 1759, the British Museum opens
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* 1870, a political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United
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* 1870, a political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly)
States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead
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Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly)
      
* 1885, Wilson Bentley takes the first photograph of a snowflake
 
* 1885, Wilson Bentley takes the first photograph of a snowflake
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* 1892, James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball
 
* 1892, James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball
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* 1936, the first building to be completely covered in glass is
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* 1936, the first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio (the building was for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company)
completed in Toledo, Ohio (the building was for the Owens-Illinois
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Glass
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Company)
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* 1943, the world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated
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* 1943, the world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia
in Arlington, Virginia
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* 1967, in the first ever Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers defeat the
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* 1967, in the first ever Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.
Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.
      
* 1970, Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya
 
* 1970, Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya
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* 1973, during the Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations,
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* 1973, during the Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President of the United States Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam
President of the United States Richard Nixon announces the suspension
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of
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offensive action in North Vietnam
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* 1976, President Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is
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* 1976, President Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison
sentenced to life in prison
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* 1991, the United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces
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* 1991, the United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm
from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of
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Operation Desert Storm
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* 2003, Mickey Mouse and The Walt Disney Co. scored a big victory as
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* 2003, Mickey Mouse and The Walt Disney Co. scored a big victory as the Supreme Court upheld longer copyright protections for cartoon characters, songs, books and other creations worth billions of dollars
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Supreme Court upheld longer copyright protections for cartoon
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characters, songs, books and other creations worth billions of dollars
      
* 2005, an intense solar flare blasts X rays across the solar system.
 
* 2005, an intense solar flare blasts X rays across the solar system.
ALSO: ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium,
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aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon
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* 2007, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and
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* 2005, ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon
half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief
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judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq
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* 2007, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq
    
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