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2020

SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico, 1st commercial crewed mission.

2019

Singer songwriter Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour becomes the most attended and highest grossing tour of all time overtaking U2 after 893 days on the road.

2018

Apple becomes the first American public listed company to reach $1 trillion in value

2017

New crypto-currency Bitcoin Cash is created via a hard-fork of Bitcoin’s blockchain technology and brand.

2008

“Breaking Dawn”, 4th book in Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight Saga” is published by Little Brown at midnight with a print run of 3.7 million copies.

1961

The Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool’s Cavern Club.

1939

Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.

1934

Adolf Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of German armed forces.

1918

The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.

1892

Charles A. Wheeler patented the first escalator.

1870

Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.

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