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1903 |
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French Army Nationalists were revealed for forging documents to guarantee a conviction for Alfred Dryfus. |
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1987 |
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Dennis Levine began a two-year jail term for insider trading. |
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1916 |
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Charlie Chaplin became the highest-paid film star in the world when he signed a contract with Mutual Film Corporation for $675,000 a year. He was 26 years old. |
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1931 |
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"Little Orphan Annie" debuted on the NBC Blue network. |
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1945 |
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"This is Your FBI" debuted on ABC radio. |
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1959 |
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Hal Holbrook opened in the off-Broadway presentation of "Mark Twain Tonight." |
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1998 |
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Federal researchers in the U.S. announced that daily tamoxifen pills could cut breast cancer risk among high-risk women. |
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1957 |
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Trolley cars in New York City completed their final runs. |
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1199 |
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English King Richard I was killed by an arrow at the siege of the castle of Chaluz in France. |
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1830 |
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Joseph Smith and five others organized the Mormon Church in Seneca, NY. |
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1909 |
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Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson claimed to be the first men to reach the North Pole. |
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1927 |
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William P. MacCracken, Jr. earned license number ‘1’ when the Department of Commerce issued the first aviator’s license. |
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1988 |
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Mathew Henson was awarded honors in Arlington National Cemetery. Henson had discovered the North Pole with Robert Peary. |
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1999 |
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Carmen Electra filed for a divorce from Dennis Rodman. They had only been married six months. |
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1789 |
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The first U.S. Congress began regular sessions at the Federal Hall in New York City. |
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1814 |
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Granted sovereignty in the island of Elba and a pension from the French government, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates at Fountainebleau. He was allowed to keep the title of emperor. |
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1830 |
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Relations between the Texans and Mexico reached a new low when Mexico would not allow further emigration into Texas by settlers from the U.S. |
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1938 |
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The United States recognized the German conquest of Austria. |
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1953 |
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Iranian Premier Mossadegh demanded that the shah's power be reduced. |
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1985 |
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William J. Schroeder became the first artificial heart recipient to be discharged from the hospital. |
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1896 |
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The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece. |
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1987 |
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Sugar Ray Leonard took the middleweight title from Marvin Hagler. |
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1997 |
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Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) announced that he would retire from the National Hockey League (NHL) following the playoffs of the current season. |
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1875 |
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Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the multiple telegraph, which sent two signals at the same time. |
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1998 |
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Citicorp and Travelers Group announced that they would be merging. The new creation was the largest financial-services conglomerate in the world. The name would become Citigroup. |
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1998 |
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The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 9,000 points for the first time. |
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1924 |
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Four planes left Seattle on the first successful flight around the world. |
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1862 |
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The American Civil War Battle of Shiloh began in Tennessee. |
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1865 |
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At the Battle of Sayler's Creek, a third of Lee's army was cut off by Union troops pursuing him to Appomattox. |
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1917 |
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The U.S. Congress approved a declaration of war on Germany and entered World War I on the Allied side. |
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1941 |
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German forces invaded Greece and Yugoslavia. |
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1965 |
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U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized the use of ground troops in combat operations in Vietnam. |
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1967 |
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In South Vietnam, 1,500 Viet Cong attacked Quangtri and freed 200 prisoners. |
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1981 |
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A Yugoslav Communist Party official confirmed reports of intense ethnic riots in Kosovo. |
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1998 |
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Pakistan successfully tested medium-range missiles capable of attacking neighboring India |