1865 – Abraham Lincoln dies
1892 – General Electric is formed
1912 – Titanic sinks
1920 – Sacco and Vanzetti allegedly murder two security guards
1943 – Allied bomber misses its target & kills 936 civilians
1955 – McDonald’s opens “first” restaurant
1983 – Tokyo Disneyland opens.
1994 – Marrakesh Agreements revise GATT and set up the WTO
2006 – You paid income tax

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