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21st March 1952: Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, takes place in Cleveland, Ohio

21st March 2021
Tagged as: America, Cleveland, Culture, Music, Ohio, Rock and Roll, United States, USA

By the time the concert began at 10pm on 21 March there were thousands of people outside the arena unable to get in who resorted to breaking through the doors.

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11th August 1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 500 home runs

11th August 2020
Tagged as: Babe Ruth, Baseball, Boston, Cleveland, New York, Sport

The ball sailed over the right-field fence to land in Lexington Avenue that ran alongside Cleveland’s League Park.

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18th July 1966: The Hough Riots begin in Cleveland, Ohio

18th July 2020
Tagged as: Civil Rights, Cleveland, Ohio, Riot, United States

Riots broke out in the in the predominantly African-American community of Hough in Cleveland, Ohio.

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21st March 1952: Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, takes place in Cleveland, Ohio

11th August 1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 500 home runs

18th July 1966: The Hough Riots begin in Cleveland, Ohio

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3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA

10th October 1957: Eisenhower apologises to Ghanaian minister for racism in Delaware restaurant

7th November 1492: Oldest meteorite with a known date of impact

26th August 1789: Adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man in France

23rd July 1914: Austria-Hungary presents ultimatum to Serbia ahead of the First World War

22nd July 1706: Terms of the Acts of Union 1707 agreed by commissioners from England and Scotland

21st July 1970: Construction of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed

20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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