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1842 - Commonwealth v. Hunt: the Massachusetts Supreme Court makes strikes and unions legal in the United States.

Giuseppe Verdi's (Joe Green to you) third opera Nabucco premieres in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera writers.

Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation (Dr. Crawford Long performed the operation using ether).

Income Tax Act establishes the first peacetime income tax in the United Kingdom; 7 pence in the pound, for incomes over 150 pounds.

James Nasmyth patents the steam hammer in the United Kingdom.

The Treaty of Nanking ends the First Opium War and establishes Hong Kong as a British colony. Britain will de-colonize the territory in 1997.

English palaeontologist Richard Owen coins the name Dinosauria, hence the Anglicized dinosaur.

Don't insult me. I have trained professionals to do that.

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1844. The year I accidentally changed something which changed something which changed something important.

"I tell you one thing: I've been to a parallel universe, I've seen time running backwards, I've played pool with planets, and I've given birth to twins, but I never thought in my entire life I'd taste an edible Pot Noodle."

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1845 The year after DeWolfeJV accidentally changed something which changed something which changed something important.

I have the perfect comeback. A Spaz-12.

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1846 The year the world esploaded due to DewolfeJV's accidental chain of events.

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"We don't call them loot boxes", they're 'surprise mechanics'" - EA

 

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1847 The year the Doctor glued the world back together with wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey... stuff.

I have the perfect comeback. A Spaz-12.

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1848, Finland's national anthem was performed for the first time.

Life is just a time trial; it's all about how many happy points you can earn in a set period of time

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1849-Jellyfish evolved.Now they're smarter and more hostile,they've taken over the seas and enslaved all the fish.It's not long before they can walk on land.

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This post has been approved by the local psychiatric ward. Play safe!

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1850, I don't know what happened but it's defenitelly a bad ass date.

"Even if something sounds logical, it doesn't mean it have to be true"

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1851 Everyone woke up from that badass date in a tub of ice with their kidneys missing.

I have the perfect comeback. A Spaz-12.

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