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1580: Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of the world
3 years after setting out from England, English seaman Francis Drake returns to Plymouth in the Golden Hind and become the first British navigator to sail the earth.
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1789: Thomas Jefferson appointed US Secretary of State
While serving as the U.S. Minister to France, President George Washington invites Jefferson to serve as the nation’s first Secretary of State. Jefferson held the post from 1790 to 1793.
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1815: Russia, Prussia & Austria sign the Holy Alliance
After the defeat of Napoleon by Tsar Alexander I of Russia, a coalition called the Holly Alliance is created and signed by the monarchist great powers of Russia, Austria and Prussia.
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1890: US stops minting $1 & $3 gold coin & 3 cent piece
After the Director of the United States, Edward O. Leech declared that gold dollar was too small for circulation, Congress abolishes the gold dollar, along with the three-cent nickel and three-dolar piece, by the Act of September 26, 1890.
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1914: US Federal Trade Commission is created
The five-member body is established by President Woodrow Wilson, after he signed the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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1950: UN troops recapture Seoul
U.N. forces recaptures the South Korean capital from the North during the first U.N. offensive in the Korean War. General Douglas MacArthur of the U.S. Army crossed the Han river and seized South Mountain, a stronghold of the North Korean army.
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1954: Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru
Japanese train ferry Tōya Maru capsizes and sinks, killing more than 1000 passengers after it got stuck in the Typhoon Marie.
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Sept. 26, 1960: First televised debate between US presidential candidates
U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy meet in a studio in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., for their first debate. The duel was watched by approximately 70 million viewers in the country.
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1996: Shannon Lucid returns to Earth
American astronaut Shannon Lucid returns to Earth in the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis following six months in orbit aboard the Russian space station Mir. She was the first American woman to live in a space station.
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2006 - Facebook becomes available to everyone
Facebook opens its registration of everyone above the age of 13 with a valid email address