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37 Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots) emperor 1781 French astronomer Charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92 1899 Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by William Pickering 1920 Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar 1925 Great Tri-State Tornado: Monstrous F5 (over 300MPH) tornado roars 219 miles across southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, and southwest Indiana; kills 695, injures over 2000, and destroys 15,000 homes 1937 Gas explosion in school in New London, Texas: 294 die |
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1839 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post) 1879 War of the Pacific fought between Chile and the joints forces of Bolivia and Peru. Chile successfully takes over Arica and Tarapacá, leaving Bolivia a landlocked country. 1903 The Wright brothers 1st file a patent for a flying machine, which is granted 3 years later |
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