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Technology Energy

A massive blackout hit the northeastern US and Canada

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Technology Inventions

Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for lighting

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History Modern

Pope John Paul II is shot in St. Peter's Square

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Technology Inventions

The pencil with an attached eraser was patented

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Earth & Climate Natural Disasters

The Tenerife airport disaster killed 583 people

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Earth & Climate Oceans

The Titanic wreck was found 73 years after it sank

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Society & Economy Crime

James Earl Ray Pleaded Guilty to Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

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Sports Basketball

Basketball was invented in 1891 with two peach baskets

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Geography Borders & Maps

The USA–Canada border is the longest in the world

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