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World War I saw its first major naval battle between Germany and Britain
1915
World War I saw its first major naval battle between Germany and Britain in the North Sea off the coast of Denmark. Known as the Battle of Dogger Bank, the British won a decisive victory and sunk one German battlecruiser and damaged several others. The battle was significant as it demonstrated the importance of naval air power and also caused Germany to rethink its naval strategy.
NASA launched the first rocket in its Saturn I program
1961
NASA launched the first rocket in its Saturn I program, a series of rockets designed to test the systems and components needed for the Apollo program that would ultimately land humans on the moon. The Saturn I rocket was the first rocket to use liquid hydrogen as fuel and paved the way for the development of the larger Saturn V rocket that would take astronauts to the moon.
Communications Decency Act (CDA) was signed into law
1996
The Communications Decency Act (CDA) was signed into law in the United States, as part of the larger Telecommunications Act of 1996. The CDA aimed to regulate indecent and obscene material on the internet, but it was quickly challenged in court for violating the First Amendment's protection of free speech. In 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the provisions of the CDA that criminalized the transmission of indecent material online.
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