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| April 6, 1896 in History |
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Event: 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece, American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history |
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American Athens Connolly games Gold Greece History James medal Mod Modern olympic Related Year: 1896 Related Events: April 6 |
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1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn 1957 New York City ends trolley car service 1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar 1925 1st film shown on an British Air flight 1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson |
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