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| 2800's BC | Fu Xi, one of the first of the mythical Three Sovereigns, invents writing, fishing and trapping. The I-Ching is revealed to him. |  |
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| 1200's BC | Deborah, judge of Israel, accompanies Barak on a military campaign in Qedesh. | |
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| 476 | The Western Roman Empire falls when barbarian king Odoacer captures Rome and forces the boy emperor Romulus Augustulus to abdicate. | |
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| 1227 | Mongol leader Genghis Khan dies during a military campaign against the Jin Dynasty and the Western Xia. Legend has it he was fatally castrated by a Tangut princess whom he was attempting to rape, but modern historians believe his death resulted from complications after falling off his horse. | |
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| 1347 | A ship of Genoese traders carrying the bubonic plague from a recent trip to the Crimea sails into the port of Messina, Sicily. | |
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| 1453 | The Eastern Roman (now Byzantine) Empire falls when Turkish forces under Mehmet II lay siege to and eventually capture Constantinople. |  |
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| 1611 | King James Bible, "Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties Special Commandment," completed, London, England. | |
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| 1820 | Maine becomes the 23rd state. | |
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| 1895 | Eureka Tent and Awning Company founded, manufacturing canvas products, including Conestoga wagon covers and horse blankets for frontiersmen, American flags, store awnings, and camping tents, Binghampton, NY. | |
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| 1907 | Jon Gnagy born. | |
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| 1938 | British author Eric Knight publishes a story in the Saturday Evening Post entitled "Lassie Come Home." |  |
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| 1949 | The first Pottery Barn store opens in Lower Manhattan. | |
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| 1953 | Eugene Aserinsky discovers REM sleep while working in the lab of his PhD advisor. | |
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| 1956 | Last section of the New York State Thruway (496 mi) completed. | |
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| 1957 | Fluff 'n' Puff Pillow Service of America, Inc. goes bankrupt. | |
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| 1960 | Chicago chemist Benjamin Hirsch renames his "Plastone" car wax "Turtle Wax." |  |
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| 1966 | Society for Creative Anachronism founded by UC Berkeley students putting together a medieval theme party, Berkeley, CA. | |
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| 1975 | Tree House Animal Foundation legally incorporated as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, Chicago, IL. | |
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| 1997 | British PR firm August.One introduces the concept of the "duvet day," a company-approved day off for when an employee feels unable to face work. | |
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| 2005 | A chair by designer Eileen Gray fetches $2.1 million at auction in a Camard & Associates sale, the highest price ever for a chair at auction. |  |