1903: Ford Motor Co. is incorporated 1999: Thabo Mbeki takes oath as South Africa president 2016: Walt Disney Co. opens Shanghai Disneyland
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa.
In 1941, National Airport opened for business with a ceremony attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1977, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev was named president, becoming the first person to hold both posts simultaneously. In 2018, a 23-foot-long python swallowed a 54-year-old woman in central Indonesia, an extremely rare occurrence.
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