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2017 ๐Ÿ”ฌ Science

A naming ceremony for the chemical elements moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson took place at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.

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2017 ๐Ÿ”ฌ Science

The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson are officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia.

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2014 ๐ŸŽจ Arts

The Oscar selfie, considered to be one of the most influential photographs of all time, was taken at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony.

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2006 ๐ŸŽ‚ Arts

🎂 Born on this day: Windy Zhan, Hong Kong singer and actress

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2002 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Brooks Barnhizer, American basketball player

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2000 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Bรกrbara Domingos, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast

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2000 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Illan Meslier, French footballer

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1999 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Isiah Pacheco, American football player

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1999 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Iรฑaki Peรฑa, Spanish footballer

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1998 ๐Ÿš€ Space

Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.

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1998 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Tua Tagovailoa, American football player

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1997 ๐ŸŽ‚ Arts

🎂 Born on this day: Becky G, American singer and actress

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1997 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Arike Ogunbowale, American basketball player

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1996 ๐ŸŽ‚ Arts

🎂 Born on this day: Jin Longguo, Chinese singer based in South Korea

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1995 ๐Ÿ”ฌ Science

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois announced the discovery of the top quark, the most massive of all observed elementary particles.

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1995 ๐Ÿš€ Space

Space Shuttle Endeavour launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-67, carrying the ASTRO-2 spacelab observatory.

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1983 โšฝ Sports

Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.

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1978 ๐Ÿš€ Space

Czech Vladimรญr Remek becomes the first non-Soviet or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.

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1978 ๐ŸŽจ Arts

The late iconic actor Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from his grave in Switzerland.

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1972 ๐Ÿš€ Space

The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.

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1969 ๐ŸŽจ Arts

The maiden flight of Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic jet, was conducted in Toulouse, France using a prototype aircraft with the registration F-WTSS.

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1965 ๐ŸŽจ Arts

The Sound of Music (poster pictured) was released in American theatres; it became the highest-grossing film until 1971.

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1962 โšฝ Sports

Playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain (pictured) scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks, which remains an NBA record.

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1962 โšฝ Sports

Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.

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1949 ๐Ÿ’ก Invention

The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Ladyย II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, to complete the first non-stop circumnavigation of the world by airplane.

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1949 ๐Ÿ’ก Invention

Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.

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1933 ๐ŸŽจ Arts

The film King Kong premieres in Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in New York City.

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1901 ๐ŸŒฟ Nature

U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation and once the world's largest producer of steel, was founded by financier J.ย P. Morgan.

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1901 ๐ŸŒฟ Nature

United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.

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1791 ๐Ÿ’ก Invention

French inventor Claude Chappe and his brothers first demonstrated the semaphore telegraph, a system to convey information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting crossarms.

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1484 ๐ŸŽจ Arts

The College of Arms, one of the few remaining official heraldic authorities in Europe, was incorporated by royal charter in the City of London.

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1444 โšฝ Sports

The League of Lezhรซ, an alliance of regional chieftains, was established in Venetian Albania with Skanderbeg as their commander.

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1444 โšฝ Sports

Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhรซ.

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