Connecticut became the 5th state to join the United States of America.
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During the Black Death persecutions, 700 Jews were burned alive in their own homes in Basel, Netherlands.
The European Union's climate service declared that 2023 was the hottest year on record.
Steve Jobs announced Apple's very first smartphone, the iPhone 1.
Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
Income tax was introduced in the UK so that prime minister William Pitt could collect funds to beat Napoleon.
