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Misc. History
Misc. History
1810 - Colombia declared independence from Spain.
1917 - The draft lottery in World War I went into operation.
1940 - "Billboard" magazine published its first listing of best-selling singles. 10 songs were on the list.
1969 - Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon.
1976 - America's Viking I robot spacecraft made a successful, first-ever landing on Mars.
1985 - Treasure hunters began raising $400 million in coins and silver from the Spanish galleon "Nuestra Senora de Atocha." The ship sank in 1622 40 miles of the coast of Key West, FL.
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