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1616 -
Shakespeare met
'The Gloomy
Shade of Death'
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1954
Hank Aaron,
of the Milwaukee Braves,
hit his first major-league home
run (the 1st of 755) on this day.
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1964
The SEAC Computer,
the first fully functional
stored-program electronic
computer in the US,
is retired. (o)
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1984
Scientists announce the discovery
of the HIV retrovirus, the fatal
disease and is hailed as a
'monumental breakthrough'
in medical research
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1988
Kanellos Kanelopoulos (former
Olympic Cyclist) set three world
records for human-powered flight
when he stayed in the air for 74
miles and four hours in his
pedal-powered "Daedalus".
( $59 )
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2005
The first video was uploaded
to youtube
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