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Vladimir Putin announces a divorce with his wife Lyudmila

In 1983, Putin married Lyudmila Shkrebneva, and they lived together in East Germany from 1985 to 1990. They have two daughters, Mariya Putina and Yekaterina Putina. In 2013, Putin announced that their marriage was over, and in 2014, the Kremlin confirmed that the divorce had been finalized.

Anthony Weiner confesses to "inappropriate" tweets

Anthony David Weiner is an American former Democratic congressman who represented New York's 9th congressional district from 1999 until 2011. Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 after an incident in which a lewd photo that was sent to a woman via Twitter became public.

Palm Pre smartphone is released

The Palm Pre is a multitask smartphone that was designed and marketed by Palm with a multi-touch screen and a sliding keyboard. The smartphone was the first to use Palm's Linux based mobile operating system, webOS. The Pre was launched in the US in June 2009 with Sprint, and later in Canada with Bell Mobility.

Steve Jobs announces that the Mac will get the Intel Inside

At WWDC 2005, Steve Jobs announced this transition, revealing that Mac OS X was always developed to run on both the Intel and PowerPC architectures. This was done in order to modernize the company's computers, keeping pace with Intel's low power Pentium M chips, especially for heat-sensitive laptops.

UK embraces Europe in the first Brexit vote

The United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum took place in the United Kingdom to gauge support for the country's continued membership of the European Communities and the "Common Market" which it had entered in 1973 under the Conservative government of Edward Heath under the provisions of the Referendum Act 1975.

D-Day invasion in Normandy

Over 156,000 American, British and Canadian soldiers landed on the French beaches, where they met with defiance of German forces across 50 miles of French coast. The Battle, called D-day or or the Invasion of Normandy, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is established

The U.S. SEC is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government. It holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws, proposing securities rules, and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other activities and organizations, including the electronic securities markets in the U.S.

The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey

The first drive-in theater was located on Crescent Boulevard in Camden, New Jersey. It is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection box and large parking area for motorists, they could to park their automobiles on the grounds. The first film shown was the film Wife Beware.

Chrysler Corp. is founded

Walter Chrysler founded Chrysler Corporation in 1925 from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company. He expanded the company in 1928 with the acquisition of Fargo Trucks and Dodge Brothers, and the creation of the Plymouth and DeSoto brands. Chrysler used the General Motors brand diversification and hierarchy strategy he had seen working for Buick.

Chicago 'L' elevated trains go for their first ride

The Chicago "L" is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the U.S. in terms of total route length, at 102.8 miles long, and the second-busiest rail mass transit system in the U.S., after the New York City Subway.

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