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______ and Jacob Davis receive a US patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
1873		 Levi Strauss
94.3%
Henry David Lee
3.8%
Bernard Lichtenstein
1%
Barry Perlman
0.8%
This pilot takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world’s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
1932		 Amelia Earhart
88.8%
Bessie Coleman
3.3%
Harriet Quimby
1.9%
Amy Johnson
4.4%
In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over this region of the Marshall Islands.
1956		 Bikini Atoll
84.2%
Toke Atoll
5%
Knox Atoll
4.9%
Majuro
3.2%
This American singer-songwriter and actress, known for hit songs like ‘Believe’ and ‘Dark Lady’, is born.
1946		 Cher
72.1%
Tina Turner
11.8%
Celine Dion
4.5%
Barbra Streisand
9.4%
In a referendum in ______, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
1980		 Quebec
71.9%
British Columbia
8.9%
Saskatchewan
3.1%
Prince Edward Island
13%
The independence of this nation is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration.
2002		 Timor-Leste
54.7%
Papua New Guinea
22%
Sri Lanka
14.6%
Taiwan
5.3%
This Caribbean country gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
1902		 Cuba
47.3%
Haiti
14%
Dominica
16.4%
Bahamas
21.2%
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