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Etch A Sketch Day | July 12
In 2010, Ohio Art built an 8-foot working Etch A Sketch in over 100 hours to celebrate the classic toy’s 50th anniversary.
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Etch A Sketch Day | July 12
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1992: Facts & Events That Happened in This Year
Did you know that in 1992, the world’s first SMS text message was sent, kicking off the era of texting?
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10 Little-Known Facts About Dubai’s Burj Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa’s exact height was kept secret throughout construction and was only revealed at its official opening on January 4, 2010.
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1993: Facts & Events That Happened in This Year
Did you know that in 1993, CERN made the World Wide Web software freely available to anyone by releasing it into the public domain?
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1994: Facts & Events That Happened in This Year
Did you know that in 1994, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon as a small online bookstore, first incorporating the business under the name Cadabra in Bellevue, Washington?
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1995: Facts & Events That Happened in This Year
Did you know that in 1995, Microsoft introduced the Start menu and taskbar with the release of Windows 95?
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10 Shiny Facts About the World’s Most Valuable Coins
In 2017, thieves stole a 220-pound Big Maple Leaf coin worth $4 million from the Berlin Museum using a wheelbarrow.
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1996: Facts & Events That Happened in This Year
Did you know that in 1996, IBM’s Deep Blue computer beat reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a classical game?
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1997: Facts & Events That Happened in This Year
Did you know that in 1997, J.K. Rowling introduced the world to Harry Potter, launching what would become one of the most successful book series in publishing history?
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1998: Facts & Events That Happened in This Year
Did you know that in 1998, Google was founded by Stanford students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, turning their search research project into a real company?
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International Women’s Day | March 8
The United Nations officially recognized International Women's Day in 1975 and introduced annual themes for the celebration, starting in 1996.
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1999: Facts & Events That Happened in This Year
Did you know that in 1999, Napster launched and kicked off the first truly mainstream wave of online peer-to-peer music sharing?