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1997 5th annual ESPY Awards presented

1985 Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins)

1984 1st London performance of musical "Stepping Out" presented

1976 U.S. presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta

1969 Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman and Karl Shapiro

1968 1st London performance of "Promises Promises" presented

1964 Paramount Theater (New York City) presented the Beatles with Steve and Eydie

1958 1st color video recording on magnetic tape

1950 Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize

1947 NAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World" presented to UN

1947 Dizzy Gillespie presented his 1st Carnegie Hall concert in NY

1941 1st Gold record presented (Glenn Miller-Chattanooga Choo Choo)

1939 British decoration, George Cross, 1st presented

1922 Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon)

1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented

1884 Statue of Liberty presented to U.S. in Paris

1883 England team presented with ashes of a bail after Sydney Test

1611 Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Tempest" 1st presented

1604 William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" 1st presented



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