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$17 million built across160 acres of Anaheim, California, #Disneyland is opened on this date in 1955. #HappyBirthdayDisneyland. https://t.co/6OMOG6eLrw

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In the early morning of July 16th, 1945, the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico bringing the end of the Manhattan Project. #FirstAtomBomb https://t.co/w7HlcRa97Y

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Twttr-later changed to Twitter-its short messaging service (SMS) for groups is created on this date in 2006. #HappyBirthdayTwitter #TheFirstTweet https://t.co/gxXW53kuaG

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Parisian revolutionaries storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs on this date in 1789. #BastilleIsIsInvaded https://t.co/xNqyXR3yNO

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Raising $127M for Africa, #LiveAid, a worldwide fundraising rock concert, is held at Wembley Stadium in London on this date in 1985. #TodayInHistory https://t.co/uMookG6vM1

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President Abraham Lincoln signs into law creating the U.S. Army Medal of Honor on this date in 1862. #MilitaryHistory #TodayInHistory #MedalOfHonorIsCreated https://t.co/Mj12RxT6tf

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Today in 1804, In a duel held in Weehawken, New Jersey, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shoots his long-time political antagonist Alexander Hamilton. #BurrShootsHamilton #BurrHamiltonDuel https://t.co/89bEdHJqAH

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Today in 1925, The #ScopesMonkeyTrials begin in In Dayton, Tennessee after John Thomas Scopes is accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.#TodayInHistory https://t.co/ALyhHpjyfh

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On this date in 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins the first ever tennis tournament known as #Wimbledon. #HappyBirthdayWimbledon #FirstWimbledon https://t.co/wnYX6oVHRA

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#HappyBirthdayParis! The history of Paris can be traced back to a Gallic tribe known as the Parisii, who sometime around 250 B.C. settled an island in the Seine River. #TodayInHistory https://t.co/zVDjunGY2S

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After 30 years of planning, in what will take 5 years of construction, and the efforts of 21,000 men, the building of the #HooverDam begins on this date in 1930. #TodayInHistory https://t.co/miiBiNUw6v

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Born in Silver, South Carolina, and raised in the Harlem section of New York City. Tennis star Althea Gibson is first African American to win Wimbledon on this date in 1957. #GibsonWinsWimbledon https://t.co/0xF2Ct8XWh

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On this day in 1996, #DollyTheSheep, the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. TodayInHistory https://t.co/Bmv3cvqIt7

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442 days after the first volleys of the American Revolution were fired, The #DeclarationOfIndependence is adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4th 1776. #HappyIndependenceDay https://t.co/jWjqJolyEB

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After 3 of the bloodiest days in American history, the #BattleOfGettysburg ends on this date in 1863. #GettysburgEnds https://t.co/4PyprRETJV

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Sparked by the landmark 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education, the #CivilRightsAct is signed and put into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on this date in 1964. #TodayInHistory. https://t.co/4xOmxukCwp

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As part of their campaign to capture Spanish-held Santiago de Cuba, the U.S. Army engages Spanish forces, leading the #TheBattleOfSanJuanHill on this date in 1898. #MilitaryHistory https://t.co/rZMgBAV8pv

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Happy Birthday to #GoneWithTheWind! Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel basis for a blockbuster 1939 movie, is published on this day in 1936. #GoneWithTheWindIsPublished https://t.co/x4yBLQjtQI

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Forming form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth, on this day in 1995, the American space shuttle #Atlantis docks with the Russian space station #Mir. https://t.co/Nqo6HDIUNA

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In what has been called history's first major protest on behalf of equal rights for LGBTQ people, #TheStonewallRiots begin in NYC's Greenwich Village on this date in 1969. #TodayInHistory https://t.co/M8BRMSbDJq