The bikini swimsuit was introduced for the first time, four days after an atomic test at the Bikini Atoll.
25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game
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On the 20th May 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis secured the patent for riveted blue jeans.
Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll made its debut at New York Toy Fair.
On the 5th September 1698, Tsar Peter I of Russia – otherwise known as Peter the Great – imposed a tax on beards.
12th July 1862: Creation of the Congressional Medal of Honor
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11th July 1922: The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles
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10th July 1913: Highest recorded temperature on Earth
10th July 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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