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The first underground portion of the New York City subway opens on October 27, 1904.
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Upton Sinclair publishes his novel about Chicago's meatpacking industry, The Jungle, in 1906.
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Artist Pablo Picasso introduces Cubism in 1907.
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Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) dies.
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Fire kills 146 workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
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HMS Titanic strikes an iceberg.
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KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA, becomes the first radio station to offer regular broadcasts on November 2, 1920.
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Robert Goddard fires his first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926.
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Charles Lindbergh lands "Spirit of St. Louis" in Paris on May 21, 1927, successfully completing the first trans-Atlantic flight.
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The Mickey Mouse comic strip debuts in the January 13, 1930, edition of the New York Mirror.
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The Lone Ranger premiers on radio station WXYZ, Detroit, MI, on January 31, 1933.
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American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappears over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to circumnavigate the globe, July 2, 1937.
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Marvel Comics introduces superhero Captain America in March 1941.
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Band leader Alton Glenn Miller disappears while enroute to Paris, France, December 15, 1944.
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Department stores begin selling Tupperware® in 1946.
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RCA broadcasts the first color television program on June 25, 1951.
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The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, launches on January 21, 1954.
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On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refuses to vacate her seat aboard a Montgomery, AL, bus.
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Frances Gary Power's U2 spy plane is shot down over Sverdlovsk, U.S.S.R. on May 1, 1960.
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The Beatles make their U.S. debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, on February 9, 1964.
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Apollo astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee die during a simulated launch exercise on January 27, 1967.
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The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries announces an embargo on oil exports to the United States on October 15, 1973.
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President Richard M. Nixon resigns from office on August 8, 1974.
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Recording artist Elvis Aaron Presley dies on August 16, 1977.
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MTV airs its first music video ("Video Killed the Radio Star") on August 1, 1981.
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The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 74 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986.
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The stock market loses 22.6 percent of its value on "Black Monday," October 19, 1987.
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A 51-day standoff in Waco, TX, begins when agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms attempt to arrest Branch Davidian leader David Koresh on February 28, 1993.
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Diana Princess of Wales dies in a Paris car accident, August 31, 1997.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 10,000 for the first time on March 29, 1999.