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1558
Queen Elizabeth I of England ascended to the throne upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary.
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1800
Congress met in Washington, DC, for the first time.
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1869
The Suez Canal opened in Egypt.
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1917
Sculptor Auguste Rodin died in Meudon, France.
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1968
Night of the "Heidi bowl:" NBC switched from football to movie of Heidi. In the missing 42 seconds, the lagging Raiders scored two touchdowns, defeating the Jets.
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1989
The beginning of the "Velvet Revolution," which led to the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia.
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2003
Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California.
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