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25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days

25th January 2019
Tagged as: America, Journalism, Jules Verne, Literature, Newspaper, Transport, USA

At 3.51pm on the afternoon of the 25^th January 1890, American journalist Nellie Bly arrived in New Jersey after completing a 72 day, 24,899-mile journey around the world.

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8th April 1904: Times Square in New York given its name

8th April 2018
Tagged as: America, City, Culture, Journalism, New York, Newspaper, United States, USA

Times Square in New York was given its name shortly after the offices of The New York Times moved to the area.

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1st February 1968: Viet Cong Captain Bảy Lốp executed by General Loan

1st February 2018
Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Journalism, USA, Viet Cong, Vietnam, War

On the 1^st February 1968, American photojournalist Eddie Adams took a photograph of South Vietnamese National Police Chief General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executing Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém in Saigon.

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25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days

8th April 1904: Times Square in New York given its name

1st February 1968: Viet Cong Captain Bảy Lốp executed by General Loan

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10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures

2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau

9th May 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels

11th June 1963: Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself to death

22nd April 1915: Chlorine gas marks start of 2nd Battle of Ypres

21st April 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shot down and killed

20th April 1965: Windows of the Houston Astrodome painted to stop glare

19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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