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2018-American television producer Steven Bochco died at the age of 74.
2004-Google launched Gmail.
2001-The Netherlands becomes the first country in the world to legalise same-gender marriage.
2001-the previous President of Serbia was detained on suspicions of corruption.
2001-During the South China Sea, an American spy plane collided with a Chinese fighter jet in midair, killing the Chinese pilot. The damaged American plane landed on Hainan Island, where its crew was held for 11 days.
1997-The whole world gets an email saying that the Internet will be offline for cleaning for 24 hours.
1989-Richard Branson lands a hot-air balloon that was made to seem like a UFO. When the doors open, a little figure in a silver outfit comes out.
1984-American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his father in Los Angeles
1982-The Hong Kong South China Morning Post said that one pint of water mixed with 10 packets of powdered water will make ten pints of drinking water.
1979-The Iranian Revolution came to an end when Ruhollah Khomeini proclaimed Iran an Islamic republic, garnering massive support in a national vote.
1978-Australia a barge appeared in Sydney Harbor towing a giant iceberg
1976-Apple Inc. is founded.
1965-BBC conducts a trial of a new technology
1957-The spaghetti tree hoax is presented on the BBC.
1957-Panorama programme about spaghetti crops in Switzerland
1954-The United States Air Force Academy was created by an act of Congress and was later built in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1945 -U.S. troops landed on the Japanese island of Okinawa during World War II.
1939-General Franco declares victory over the Spanish civil war.
1924 -Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison.
1578 -English physician William Harvey, who discovered the true nature of the circulation of the blood, was born in Folkestone, Kent.