In 1952, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed her accession to the British throne following the death of her father, King George VI.
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1960: Hollywood Walk of Fame
In 1960, work began on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles.
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1971: NASDAQ
In 1971, NASDAQ, the world’s first electronic stock exchange, held its first trading day.
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1973: Watergate Committee
In 1973, Senate leaders named seven members of a select committee to investigate the Watergate scandal, including its chairman, Democrat Sam J. Ervin of North Carolina.
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2007: Anna Nicole Smith
In 2007, model, actor and tabloid sensation Anna Nicole Smith died in Hollywood, Florida, at age 39 of an accidental drug overdose.
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2020: Coronavirus
One year ago: The U.S. Embassy in Beijing said a 60-year-old U.S. citizen who’d been diagnosed with the coronavirus had died on Feb. 5 in Wuhan; it was apparently the first American fatality from the virus.
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2021: Tesla
One year ago: Electric automaker Tesla said it had invested around $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and planned to soon begin accepting the digital currency as payment.
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