On this day in 1935, Krueger Brewing Company introduced canned beer.  

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On this day in 1556, the deadliest earthquake in recorded history hit Shaanxi province in China. 

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On this day in 1984, a "1984"-inspired ad introducing the Apple Macintosh played during the Super Bowl.

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On this day in 1840, Sophia Jex-Blake, the first female doctor to practice in Scotland, was born. 

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On this day in 1839, the Battle of Yungay, the decisive battle of the War of the Confederation between Chile and the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation, took place.

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On this day in 1977, U.S. President Gerald Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino, also known as Tokyo Rose. 

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On this day in 1983, Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals were returned to his children, 70 years after they were stripped from him. 

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On this day in 1794, Elizabeth Bennett underwent the first recorded successful C section in the U.S. 

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On this day in 1362, Saint Marcellus’ flood, also known as Grote Mandrenke, hit the British Isles, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Denmark

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On this day in 1850, Russian mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya was born. 

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