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1997 - DVD
Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
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1949 - Soviet Union
Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
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1831 - Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
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1963 - March on Washington
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.
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1789 - Enceladus
William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
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663 - Battle of Baekgang
Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.
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1791 - French Revolution
French Revolution: Frederick William II of Prussia and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, issue the Declaration of Pillnitz, declaring the joint support of the Holy Roman Empire and Prussia for the French monarchy, agitating the French revolutionaries and contributing to the outbrea
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1798 - Battle of Castlebar
Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connacht.
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1793 - Royalist Rebellion Opens Toulon to Allied Fleets
When the southern port of Toulon turned against the revolutionary government, it invited the British and Spanish navies onto French soil. The decision sparked a dramatic siege that tested the fledgling Republic and set the stage for a wider European conflict.
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1883 - 1883 eruption of Krakatoa
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
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1768 - First voyage of James Cook
Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board .
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1071 - Battle of Manzikert
The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia.