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#OnThisDay in 1985 in a search led by American oceanographer Robert Ballard, the wreck of the Titanic was found on the ocean floor at a depth of about 13,000 feet (4,000 meters). 📷© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jason Jr. underwater vehicle seen from the submersible Alvin, looks at the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic; Exploration
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#OnThisDay in 1983 U.S. astronaut Guion S. Bluford, Jr., became the first African American to travel into space, serving as a mission specialist aboard the shuttle orbiter Challenger, and later flew on three other missions. 📷NASA/Johnson Space Center
Astronaut Guion S. Bluford Jr. poses in his launch and entry suit (LES) holding a launch and entry helmet (LEH), 1992.
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French fashion designer Coco Chanel—who, with her elegantly casual creations, ruled over Parisian haute couture for almost six decades—was born #OnThisDay in 1883. 📷Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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After some 10 years of work, the Panama Canal opened to ships #OnThisDay in 1914. Photo is of the construction of the Panama Canal, looking through locks before gates were placed, c1912. 📷F.R. Roberson/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital. id. cph 3c17339)
Black and white photo of construction of the Panama Canal. Looking through locks before gates were placed, c1912.
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Originally started in 1248, construction of the cathedral (Kölner Dom) in Cologne, Germany—the largest Gothic church in northern Europe and the city's major landmark—was finally completed #OnThisDay in 1880. 📷© Westend61/Getty Images
Photo of a large passenger boat passes Cologne Cathedral situated on the shores of the River Rhine, Germany.
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American cooking expert Julia Child—who brought the art of French cooking to a vast number of Americans through her books and her programs on public television, where she became known for her humour and hearty voice—died #OnThisDay in 2004 at age 91. 📷© AP/REX/Shutterstock.com
Black and white photo of Chef Julia Child displays a salade nicoise she prepared in the kitchen of her vacation home in Grasse, southern France. August, 1978
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#OnThisDay in 1877, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison made perhaps his most original discovery, the phonograph, and his early recordings were indentations embossed into a sheet of tinfoil by a vibrating stylus. 📷Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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The Beatles' first feature film, A Hard Day's Night, had its U.S. premiere in New York City #OnThisDay in 1964; released during the height of Beatlemania, it's now widely considered a classic. Photo from the premier of "A Hard Day's Night" in Liverpool. 📷Mirrorpix/Newscom
Black and white photo from the premier of "A Hard Day's Night", crowds gather to catch sight of The Beatles before the Northern premier starts in Liverpool. 10th July 1964.
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Faced with the near-certain prospect of impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announced his resignation #OnThisDay in 1974 and was succeeded by Gerald Ford the following day. 📷Oliver F. Atkins—White House Photo
Richard M. Nixon. Watergate scandal. Candid photo of President Richard Nixon at his desk on the telephone in the oval office taken during filming a film for the GOP convention, June 23, 1972. 1972 campaign
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#OnThisDay in 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan—the blast killed more than 70,000 people and destroyed most of the city—in an effort to hasten the end of WWII. 📷U.S. Air Force
Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., pilot of the ENOLA GAY, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, waves from his cockpit before the take-off, August 6, 1945.
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Thai businesswoman and politician Yingluck Shinawatra was elected prime minister of Thailand, #OnThisDay in 2011, becoming the first woman to hold that post. 📷Facundo Arrizabalaga—WPA/Getty Images
Yingluck Shinawatra Thailand Prime Minister Said to greet to the athletes at Thai government house on June 12, 2013 in Bangkok,Thailand
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#OnThisDay in 1992 at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee won the heptathlon, becoming the first person to win the event in consecutive Games. 📷Steven E. Sutton/Duomo
Jackie Joyner-Kersee throwing the javelin during the heptathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.
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Using the assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand as a pretext to present Serbia with an unacceptable ultimatum, Austria-Hungary declared war on the Slavic country #OnThisDay in 1914, sparking World War I. 📷Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Black and white photo of a British soldier inside a trench on the Western Front during World War I, 1914-18.
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