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Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2007 The world's first national internet election is held Estonia was the first country to allow citizens to vote ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1991 Footage of Los Angeles police officers severely beating Rodney King causes a global outcry The acquittal of the ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1995 The top quark is discovered The existence of this elementary particle, the bottom quark's counterpart, had been presumed ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1998 Titanic becomes the first film to gross $1 billion James Cameron's epic account of the Titanic's sinking had ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2013 Pope Benedict XVI resigns The pope, whose birth name is Joseph Ratzinger, is the first Catholic Church leader ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2010 A massive earthquake strikes Chile The tremor measured 8.8 on the Richter scale, killing over 500 people while ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1993 A car bomb explodes below the World Trade Center in New York A group of Islamist militants carried ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1994 An Israeli doctor kills 30 unarmed Palestinians in the Mosque of Abraham The massacre by right-wing extremist Baruch ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 2010 Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first cricket player to score a double-century in the One Day International format The ...

Let’s look at major events that happened today in history; Today in History 1954 The first mass inoculation against polio is conducted Virologist Jonas Salk's vaccine, along with Hilary Koprowski's live polio ...