On the 2nd July 1964, American President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law at the White House.
25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game
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On the 20th June 1789 at Versailles in France, the National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath in which they vowed not to separate until a written constitution had been established for the country.
On the 27th May 1199 King John was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
On 5th May 1260, Kublai Khan was declared Emperor of the Mongolian Empire.
On the 13th March 1881, Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in a St Petersburg street by a member of the People’s Will revolutionary movement.
On the 5th July 1948, healthcare provision in the UK was nationalized when the National Health Service was launched.
On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles I.
On the 4th March 1789, the United States constitution went into effect when the first US Congress met.
On the 14th November 1990, Margaret Thatcher’s fifteen year leadership of the British Conservative Party was challenged by Michael Heseltine, a former cabinet minister.
On the 19th August 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev, the President of the Soviet Union, was placed under house arrest in what is known as the August Coup.
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
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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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