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M T W T F S S 01 Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television. 02 explosion in a coal mine in Sago, West Virginia traps and kills 12 miners, while leaving one miner in critical condition. 03 Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 04 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit. 05 1933 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. 06 1930 – The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City. 07 1990 – The interior of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public because of safety concerns. 08 1973 – Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched. 09 1927 – A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, kills 78 children. 10 1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. 11 1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh. 12 1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. 13 2001 – An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800. or 1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison 14 1973 – Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets a record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history. 15 2001 – Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. 16 1945 – Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
17 1994 – 1994 Northridge Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California. 18 2005 – The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France 19 1977 – Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snow has fallen. It also fell in the Bahamas. 20 1936 – Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom. 21 1925 – Albania declares itself a republic. 22 1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space. 23 1996 – JDK 1.0 was released. 24 1984 – The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale. 25 2011 – Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins in Egypt, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, and throughout other cities in Egypt. or 1554 – Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil. 26 1965 – Hindi becomes the official language of India. 27 2003 – The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress. 28 1956 – Elvis Presley made his first US TV appearance 29 1814 – France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne. 30 1972 – Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations. 31 1990 – The first McDonald's in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow.
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