Event:
The Swiss National Bank has uncapped the Swiss franc against the euro, resulting in a rise in its currency value from 1.20 to 1.04 francs/euro; the bank also reduced interest rates from -.25% to -.75%, increasing costs to investors who store deposits
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1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station
1975 Space Mountain opens at Disneyland
1973 Gene Shalit joins Today Show panel
1971 Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt
1943 World's largest office building, Pentagon, completed
