1939
And thus, the age of the couch potato
U.S. commercial television made its official debut at the New York World’s Fair.The signal was transmitted from the Empire State Building.
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1803
France sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
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1812
Louisiana became the 18th state in the United States.
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1945
Adolf Hitler and his newly married mistress Eva Braun committed suicide.
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1948
The Organization of American States held its first meeting in Bogotá, Colombia.
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1975
The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam.
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1991
Over 131,000 were killed and as many as 9 million left homeless when a cyclone struck Bangladesh.
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2003
Libya accepted responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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