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General Motors Filed for Bankruptcy
2012American motor-vehicle manufacturer General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; it soon emerged from the reorganization and in 2010 returned to the stock market with one of the largest IPOs in U.S. history.
The First Email was Sent
1971Engineer Ray Tomlinson sent the first email using the @ symbol to separate the user name from the computer name.
Oxygen was discovered
1774The element oxygen is discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele by heating potassium nitrate, mercuric oxide, and many other substances.
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2020
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An Open Letter to Coin Center: Introduction to a Fully Private Zero-Knowledge Proof Digital Currency
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