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2018
American Colin O’Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted after 54 days at the Ross Ice Shelf.
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2004
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1986
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1982
Time’s Man of the Year is for the first time a non-human, the personal computer.
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1973
Horror film “The Exorcist” based on book by William Peter Blatty, starring Linda Blair, premieres – 1st horror film to be nominated for Best Picture
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1963
The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “I Saw Her Standing There” are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.
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1919
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1606
First known performance of William Shakespeare’s tragedy “King Lear” before the court of King James I at Whitehall, London.
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