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On this day in 1570, Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius published the world’s first modern atlas.
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On this day in 1924, two wealthy college students abducted and killed a 14-year-old boy in an effort to commit a “perfect crime.”
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On this day in 1862, the Homestead Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
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On this day in 1964, the first Tim Horton Donuts shop opened in Hamilton, Ontario.
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On this day in 1942, seventeen U.S. states instituted mandatory gasoline rationing.
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On this day in 1961, a small group of Freedom Riders was attacked by a white mob at the Greyhound depot in Anniston, Alabama.
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On this day in 1754, Benjamin Franklin published the famous “Join, or Die” political cartoon.
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On this day in 1950, two brothers stumbled upon a well-preserved corpse in a peat bog near Silkeborg, Denmark.
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On this day in 1965, in a fit of nocturnal inspiration, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards wrote “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”
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On this day in 1954, British medical student Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes.
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On this day in 1913, the California Senate passed a law restricting the property ownership rights of Asian immigrants.
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On this day in 1946, six inmates at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary carried out the most violent escape attempt in the prison’s history.
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On this day in 1840, the introduction of the Penny Black postage stamp revolutionized the British postal system.
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On this day in 1952, Mr. Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on television.
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On this day in 1945, the world famous Peace rose was introduced to gardeners at a special ceremony in Pasadena, California.
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