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2021
Britain’s Prince Andrew served with a US federal lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a teenager 20 years ago.
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2017
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2014
“Birdman” directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Michael Keaton and Zach Galifianakis premieres at the Venice Film Festival (Best Picture 2015).
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1990
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1982
Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock’s mark.
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1964
Walt Disney’s “Mary Poppins” directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke premieres in Los Angeles.
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1955
“Guinness Book of World Records” 1st published.
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1939
First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft.
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1896
1859
Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.
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