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!onthisdate in 2001, the 1st draft of the complete human genome was published in Nature. http://identi.ca/url/66647162
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It was !onthisdate in 1972 that sound recordings were granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the 1st time.
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!onthisdate in 1971, Britain's coinage decimalisation was completed. #DecimalDay You win a half-crown if you have a farthing in your pocket.
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It was !onthisdate in 1965 that !Canada adopted the red & white maple leaf as its flag, replacing the old Red Ensign http://ur1.ca/86sy3
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!onthisdate in 1946, ENIAC, the 1st electronic general-purpose !computer, was formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania.
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!onthisdate in 1764, the city of St. Louis, Missouri was established.
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It was wild frontier back then. Our young country would not even exist til 12 years later.
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!onthisdate in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
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!onthisdate in 1942, the 1st ever gold record was awarded to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo" !listening !swing http://ur1.ca/84cjk
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!onthisdate in 1996, The !IBM supercomputer #Deep_Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov for the 1st time. http://ur1.ca/83i2r
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!onthisdate in 1933, The Postal Telegraph Company introduced the 1st #SingingTelegram. Great way to cheer peeps during the Great Depression.
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Happy !Birthday Texas Tech University, founded !onthisdate in 1923 as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, TX. Go #RedRaiders!
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!onthisdate in 1958, the Boston Red Sox signed Ted Williams for $135,000, making him highest paid player in Major League !Baseball history.
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!onthisdate in 1952, Princess Elizabeth was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya at the moment her father, King George VI, died.
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!onthisdate in 1876, the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League !Baseball was formed.
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!onthisdate in 1653, New Amsterdam was incorporated. You may know it better by its current name The City of New York #NY
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!onthisdate in 1914, the White Sox & Giants played to a 3-3 tie in the 1st game ever in the Egyptian desert, World tour promoting !baseball.
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!onthisdate in 2004, Justin Timberlake ripped Janet Jackson's bodice, exposing her breast during half-time show Super Bowl XXXVIII #bigdeal
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Remembering the astronauts of Space Shuttle Columbia which disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere !onthisdate in 2003
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!onthisdate in 1893, Thomas Edison finished construction of the 1st motion picture studio - not in Hollywood, but in in West Orange, NJ.
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