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1961 – Geode prospectors near Olancha, California, discovered what they claimed to be a 500,000-year-old rock with a 1920s-era spark plug encased within (pictured). 2017 – Kim Jong-nam , the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un , was assassinated using VX nerve agent in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Also in this year, Nelson Mandela was released from prison, and Margaret Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after more than 11 years. 1990 was an important year in the Internet's early history. In late 1990, Tim Berners-Lee created the first web server and the foundation for the World Wide Web.
170 kya – 90 kya: Clothing, among anatomically modern humans in Africa. Genetic evidence from body lice suggests a range of dates centering over 100 thousand years ago. [ 28 ] The first bone scrapers appropriate for scraping hides to make supple leather were found in Morocco dating to 90–120,000 years ago.
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Library of Congress: Today in History; History Channel (US): This Day in History; History Channel (UK): This Day in History; New Zealand Government: Today in New Zealand History Archived 2017-04-14 at the Wayback Machine; Computer History Museum: This Day in History; Internet Movie Database: This Day in Movie History