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1940 - A Wild Hare
The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
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1694 - Bank of England
A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.
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1214 - Battle of Bouvines
Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire.
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1990 - Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
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1956 - Egypt
Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
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1947 - National Security Act of 1947
Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
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1984 - Extravehicular activity
Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.
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1909 - Louis Blériot
Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
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306 - Constantine the Great
Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
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1969 - Apollo 11
Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
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1943 - Bombing of Hamburg in World War II
World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
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1911 - Machu Picchu
Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".