1930"Istanbul was Constantinople"
The cities of Constantinople and Angora changed names to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey.
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1797
Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.
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1939
The Spanish Civil War ended.
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1941
Author Virginia Woolf drowned herself.
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1964
The most violent earthquake (9.2) in the United States struck Prince William Sound, Alaska.
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1979
Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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2000
Supreme Court rules unanimously that an anonymous tip does not justify a stop-and-frisk action against a person.
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