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#OnThisDay 2001. “If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate,” - Sandy Dahl, wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl.
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#OnThisDay 1986. You get a new tv show, and you get a new tv show. Everybody gets a new tv show!
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The Oprah Winfrey Show is broadcast nationally for the first time. The huge success of the daytime talk show turns Winfrey into one of the most influential women in America. #oprah

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#OnThisDay 1783. Britain, France and Spain sign a treaty, not knowing that their actions would lead to a poorly tanned reality tv star ruling the world over 200 years later.
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The Treaty of Paris is signed signifying America’s status as an independent nation. #americanrevolution

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#OnThisDay 1983. “The sad thing about a shuttle mission is when you hit the point in your checklist when it says ‘bring a vehicle home’” - Guy Bluford.
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U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Guion S. Bluford becomes the first African American to travel into space. #NASA #space

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#OnThisDay 1914. The government conveniently allows women to exercise their equal rights at the beginning of a world war.
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With WWI nearing the end of its first month, the Women’s Defence Relief Corps is formed in Britain. #worldwarone #womensrights #equalrights #womensdefence

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#OnThisDay 1996. Thousands of hearts are crushed around the world as people realise happily ever afters only exist in fairy tales.
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After four years of separation, Charles, Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, and Princess Diana formally divorce. #Royals

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#OnThisDay 1955. A new book is published, sparking a worldwide trend of people doing stupid shit.
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The first edition of ‘The Guinness Book of Records’ is published in Great Britain. To date, the book has sold more than 130 million copies. #guinnessworldrecord #twins

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#OnThisDay 1959. American vacationers are thrilled to learn they can now visit a tropical paradise with a domestic passport.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the United States as the 50th state. #hawaii #unitedstates #50thstate

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#OnThisDay 1909. A bunch of car enthusiasts are legally allowed to speed around a dirt track for the first time.
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The first ever race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is held. It is now the home of the famous motor racing competition, the Indianapolis 500. #indianapolis500 #cars

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#OnThisDay 1227. “Find your chill” - Genghis Khan.
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Genghis Khan, the infamous Mongol leader, dies in camp during a campaign against the Chinese kingdom of Xi Xia. Khan had forged an empire stretching from the east coast of China to the Aral Sea. #genghiskhan #mongol #china

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#OnThisDay 1784. A Russian man finds prime real estate to expand his ushanka (fur ear flap hat) company.
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Grigory Shelikhov, a Russian fur trader, founds Three Saints Bay on Kodiak Island. It is the first permanent Russian settlement in Alaska. #alaska #russia #threesaintsbay

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#OnThisDay 1899. The first man to approve a toilet being flushed on film is born.
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Alfred Hitchcock, the master of morbid moviemaking, is born in London on August 13, 1899.
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#OnThisDay 1990. The world’s most expensive dog bones are found in South Dakota.
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Fossil hunter Susan Hendrickson uncovers the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever discovered off a cliff in Faith, South Dakota.
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#OnThisDay 1793. A group of rebels believe opening a museum is the best way to avenge a nation.
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The Louvre is opened as a public museum in Paris by the French revolutionary government. The building previously served as a royal palace for two centuries
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#OnThisDay 1969. “You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody’s crazy,” - Charles Manson.
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Members of Manson’s cult kill five people in movie director Roman Polanski’s Beverly Hills, home. The victims include pregnant actress Sharon Tate.

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#OnThisDay 1974. A wealthy business man quits his high-profile job before his colleagues can fire him.
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Following his involvement in the Watergate affair, President M. Nixon announces his intention to become the first president in American history to resign. #nixon #watergate

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#OnThisDay 1947. A Norwegian man decides it’s a good idea to build a raft and float on the ocean for 101 days.
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The Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft captained by anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, completes a 4,300 mike, 101-day journey from Peru to Raroia. #HistoryUnplugged #rafting

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#OnThisDay 1945. 8:16a.m. ‘Can we forget the flash? Suddenly 30,000 in the streets disappeared. In the crushed depths of darkness the shrieks is 50,000 died out’ - Tōge Sankichi.
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The world’s first atom bomb is dropped over the city of Hiroshima.
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#OnThisDay 1996. A man in New Jersey unknowingly launches his campaign for world domination by rambling on about dragons, sex and family troubles for 694 pages.
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George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy novel “A Game of Thrones” is released, 1996. #GameofThrones #HistoryUnplugged

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#OnThisDay 1914. Incidences of severe road rage are recorded in Cleveland, Ohio as travelers are made to sit in traffic against their will for no apparent reason.
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The world’s first electric traffic signal in Cleveland, Ohio, 1914.
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