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🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Monday, April 6. Today, we're diving into the Fall of Constantinople, the launch of the Mormon Church, the first Kodak roll film, the first successful flight around the world, Post-it Notes' debut, the US entering World War I, and a whole lot more—quick, fun, and straight to the point.
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🚀 Time Machine
-46 BC
Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Cato the Younger near Thapsus (Today Tunisia).
-1453
Ottoman forces led by Sultan Mehmed II besieged Constantinople (now Istanbul), which fell on May 29.
-1652
The Dutch East India Company, under Jan van Riebeeck, established Cape Colony, the first European settlement in South Africa.
-1830
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) was founded in Fayette, New York, by Joseph Smith and a small group of believers.
-1889
George Eastman begins selling Kodak flexible roll film.
-1896
First modern Olympic Games open in Athens, Greece; American athlete James Connolly becomes the first modern Olympic champion when he wins the triple jump.
-1906
The first animated cartoon, "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces," was released by Stuart Blackton.
-1917
The United States declares war on Germany, entering World War I on the Allies' side.
-1924
The first successful around-the-world flight was started by eight American pilots in four aircraft. The mission was successfully completed after 175 days and 371 flight hours.
-1980
3M begins sales of Post-it Notes. The canary-yellow sticky pads became a bestseller and a staple in schools and offices worldwide.
-1994
The Rwandan Genocide began when a plane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down by missiles. The culprits remain unidentified.
-2016
First baby born with DNA from three parents through mitochondrial transfer in Mexico.
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📸 Snapshot
The world's first parachute wedding at the New York World's Fair parachute jump, 1940
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