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- 1683 – The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world’s first university museum.
- 1892 – Chicago ‘L’ begins operation
- 1932 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1/4 ¢/L) sold.
- 1933 – The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States.
- 1946 – The National Basketball Association is created, with eleven original teams.
- 1984 – Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all-time, is released.
