President Bill Clinton lifted the Alaskan oil exports ban.
The ban was put in place in 1973.
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British singer-songwriter Adele released her hit single 'Rolling in the Deep.'
FC Barcelona was founded by a group of English, German, Swiss, and Spanish soccer players.
Thomas Edison demonstrated his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time.
Amateur British chemist Sir James Jay invented invisible ink.
Enos, the chimpanzee, was launched into space on the Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission.
