Event:
Caterpillar, a heavy construction equipment manufacturer, announces plans to lay off 300 additional employees at its Decatur, Illinois facility by July 2013
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1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain
1973 Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building finished
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1802 Washington D.C. incorporates as a city
