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inning begins. Professional games last at least into the ninth inning. Evolving from older bat-and-ball games, an early form of baseball was being played in England by the mid-eighteenth century. This game and the related rounders were brought by British and Irish immigrants to North America, where the modern version of baseball developed. By the late nineteenth century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. Baseball has become popular in North America and parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, particularly Japan. (Full article...

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... that Benjamin Franklin suggested to George Washington that he adopt the Flag of the East India Company (pictured) as the flag of the United States?
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... that one of the final Quranic chapters revealed in Mecca, called "The Sundering", talks about the Day of Judgment?

... that NASCAR Hall of Famer Bud Moore was a machine gunner who participated in the Normandy landings?

... that a "food innovation district" and farmers' market are proposed for the immediate vicinity of Rainier Beach station?

... that the New Zealand cricketer Richard Hadlee was twice the man of the series in the Trans-Tasman Trophy?

... that Irish director Neasa Hardiman won both an IFTA and a BAFTA award for her work on Happy Valley?

... that despite years of investigation and a manhunt, the 1939 City of San Francisco derailment remains unsolved?

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July 4: Republic Day in the Philippines (1946); Independence Day in the United States (1776)

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1837 – The Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opened between Birmingham and Liverpool.
1950 – The United States' anti-communist propaganda source Radio Free Europe made its first broadcast aimed at Czechoslovakia.
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2005 – The NASA space probe Deep Impact impacted the nucleus of the comet Tempel 1 (impact pictured), excavating debris from its interior so that its composition could be studied.

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Illustration: Henry Mitchell; restoration: Andrew Shiva

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