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2018
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan becomes NFL’s first $30m per season player after agreeing to $150m contract extension.
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2002
“Spider-Man”, starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin, premieres.
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1997
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1979
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1978
The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
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1973
The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world’s tallest building.
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1959
Beatification of Mother Marguerite d’Youville, founder of the Sisters of Charity; first Canadian to be beatified; canonized by Pope John Paul Dec. 9, 1990.
1936
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