FTA-TV First Dates - Part 7

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July 1!

 

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First Vote on Declaration of Independence​

1776 1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain's North American colonies

 

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1847 1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5 cent Franklin and 10 cent Washington, NYC

 

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First Reading on Evolution​

1858 Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society renders audience awestruck and silent [1]

 

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Battle of Gettysburg​

1863 Battle of Gettysburg begins in Pennsylvania, Union forces halt Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia

 

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Wtf Voula live tennis is still on and its not on my laptop/9NOW


Get ****ed Nine

 

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So I guess 5/6am is the *ing cut off. * them

 

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It's in a second set TB in Rev's match

 

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1st US Olympic Games​

1904 III Summer (Modern) Olympic Games open in St Louis, the first held in the United States

 

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1874 1st zoo in the United States opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

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1881 1st international telephone conversation, Calais, Maine to St Stephen, New Brunswick

 

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1908 "SOS" (· · · – – – · · ·) distress signal becomes the worldwide standard for help

 

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1916 1st of 4 fatal Jersey Shore shark attacks occur at Beach Haven when Charles Vansant (25) bled to death, challenging previous scientific belief that sharks never hurt humans, and sparking popular fear over sharks which persists today

 

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1916 Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market

 

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Five Miles of Mud Costs a Million Casualties​

1916 First day of the Battle of the Somme in World War I: The British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men

 

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1943 "Pay-as-you-go" - 1st withholding tax from paychecks

 

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TV Show Appearance​

1956 Elvis Presley, wearing a tuxedo, sings to a basset hound on The Steve Allen Show

 

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What song you reckon he sang

 

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I know, Heartbreak Hotel

 

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Event of Interest​

1969 Investiture of Prince Charles as the Prince of Wales is watched by large crowds in Caernarfon, Wales and by millions on television

 

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1979 Sony introduces the Walkman, first popular portable cassette player

 

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1979 Sweden becomes 1st nation to prohibit "corporal punishment or other injurious or humiliating treatment" of children by their parents


Thats a shame

 

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Terminator 2: Judgement Day​

1991 "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong premieres at Century City, California

 

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