On this day:
1964: Jean-Paul Sartre Turns Down Nobel Prize for Literature in order to not take sides in the East and West struggle of the Cold War
1998: Swatch Announces Internet Time, Under Internet Time, a day has 1000 beats. 1 beat = 1 minute and 26.4 seconds
2001: Apple announces the first iPod Player
Born on this day:
1940: Pelé, Brazilian footballer
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