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1879 – Thomas Edison invents a workable electric light bulb. This would be the invention of the first commercially practical incandescent light. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb#/media/File:Edison_incandescent_lights.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb#/media/File:Thomas_edison_gl%C3%BChbirne.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE5ZYK2RvaU
1969 – A coup d'état in Somalia brings Siad Barre to power and establishes a socialist republic in Somalia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siad_Barre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Ri0QaRRCg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu49yLn3zJ4
1944 – World War II: The first kamikaze attack: A Japanese fighter plane carrying a 200-kilogram bomb attacks HMAS Australia off Leyte Island. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx4Avy4jAPk
1980 – Kim Kardashian is born. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kardashian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQJar9QAY8k
