1828 International Red Cross founder and Nobel Prize winner Henri Dunant is born in Geneva. He was also a founder of the YMCA.1879 George Selden files the first patent for a petrol-driven car.1886 Invented by Atlanta doctor and pharmacist John Pemberton, a carbonated beverage named Coca-Cola is sold as a patent medicine in Jacob’s Pharmacy, Atlanta. Its two key ingredients were cocaine and caffeine.1912 Paramount Pictures is founded.1916 A German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes, killing 679 soldiers.1933 Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against British…
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