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2012
NASA’s Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
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2006
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1996
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1986
Timothy Dalton became the fourth actor to be named “James Bond.”
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1983
First NFL exhibition game in Europe; Minnesota Vikings beat St Louis Cardinals 28-10 at London’s Wembley Stadium.
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1965
Beatles release “Help” album in UK.
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1960
Chubby Checker performs his version of “The Twist” on “The Dick Clark Show” starting a worldwide dance craze.
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1945
The American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb named “Little Boy” over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed.
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1932
1st Venice Film Festival opens, the world’s oldest film festival.
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1890
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