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  • Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.
    1895
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    Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.
  • 1765

    The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain.

  • 1820

    U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.

  • 1894

    The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.

  • 1933

    The first German concentration camp was opened at Dachau.

  • 1945

    The Arab League was formed in Cairo, by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.

  • 1972

    Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to be ratified by the states. The amendment would fail to get the required 38 states to ratify it.

  • 1997

    Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet?s next pass is predicted for the year 4397.

  • 2012

    Amadou Toumani Tour, The President of Mali, was ousted in a coup d'tat.

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