Inventor Daniel Cooper patented the first time clock in the US.
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The Canadian province of Quebec came close to becoming an independent country.
President Donald Trump's attempt to ban transgender persons from serving in the US military was blocked by US federal judge.
The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) was founded in Sydney by a group inspired by the Russian Revolution.
The World Wildlife Fund blamed humanity's rapidly expanding consumerism for decreasing 60% of the world's wildlife between 1970 & 2014.
Nat Turner was arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
