1973-Triple Crown horse Secretariat was purchased for a record $5.7m
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1923-Howard Carter opens the inner burial chamber of King Tutankhamun’s tomb
1936-Adolf Hitler announces construction of the VW Beetle
1849-James Knox Polk becomes first serving US President to have his picture taken (by Mathew Brady).
1886-Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class
2013- North Korea conducted 3rd nuclear test, declaring it a device that could be weaponized
1978-China lifts a ban on works of Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens
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2005-His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales announces engagement to Camilla Parker Bowles
1947-Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia
1926 Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios
1845-The Portland Vase is broken by drunken museum visitor
1971- American astronaut Alan Shepard is 1st to hit a golf ball on the moon
