Another Day, another celebration of a special someone’s birth.
On This Day in History:
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1581 – Sir Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I
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1814 – Napoleon abdicates for the first time
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1818 – The United States Congress adopts the flag of the US with 13 red and white stripes and a star for each state (then 20).
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1841 – William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first president to die in office and the president to have the shortest term at 31 days
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1850 – Los Angeles, Ca is incorporated as a city
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1960 – Senegal Independence Day
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1964 – The Beatles occupy the top 5 positions on Billboards pop chart
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1968 – Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis
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1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6
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1975 – Microsoft is founded by a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen
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1983 – Space shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage
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1994 – Netscape founded by Marc Andreessen and Jim Clarke
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2008 – iTunes overtakes Wal-Mart as leader in music distribution
Born on This Day:
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