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Sally Ride flew into space as the first woman in space on this day
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The first version of the Windows operating system for computers is released.
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Martin Luther King Day is officially observed for the first time as a federal holiday in the United States.
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The Challenger explodes after liftoff killing 7 people
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The berlin wall began to come down once a travel ban lifted
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On this day, the World Trade Organization is created
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The Simpsons became the longest running cartoon series in history
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Osama Bin Laden organized an attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center