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1865 |
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Mary Surratt was arrested as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination. |
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1969 |
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In Los Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy. |
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1993 |
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A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted two former police officers of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King. Two other officers were acquitted. |
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1996 |
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Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing their parents. |
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1935 |
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"Lights Out" debuted on NBC Radio. It ran until 1952. |
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1967 |
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"The Joey Bishop Show" debuted on ABC-TV. |
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1535 |
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Antonio Mendoza was appointed first viceroy of New Spain. |
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1808 |
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Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France ordered the seizure of U.S. ships. |
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1860 |
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New Yorkers learned of a new law that required fire escapes to be provided for tenement houses. |
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1861 |
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Virginia became the eighth state to secede from the Union. |
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1895 |
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China and Japan signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was the end of the first Sino-Japanese War. In the treaty China ceded Taiwan to Japan. |
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1917 |
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A bill in Congress to establish Daylight Saving Time was defeated. It was passed a couple of months later. |
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1967 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court barred Muhammad Ali's request to be blocked from induction into the U.S. Army. |
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1989 |
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In Poland, courts gave Solidarity legal status. |
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1964 |
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The Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model. |
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1492 |
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Christopher Columbus signed a contract with Spain to find a passage to Asia and the Indies. |
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1521 |
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Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. |
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1524 |
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New York Harbor was discovered by Giovanni Verrazano. |
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1524 |
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New York Harbor was discovered by Giovanni Verrazano. |
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1964 |
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Jerrie Mock became first woman to fly an airplane solo around the world. |
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1824 |
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Russia abandoned all North American claims south of 54' 40'. |
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1969 |
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Czechoslovak Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek was deposed. |
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1983 |
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In Warsaw, police routed 1,000 Solidarity supporters. |
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1984 |
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In London, gunmen from the Libyan Embassy fired into an anti-Libya protest. One policewoman was killed and 10 others were wounded. |
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1985 |
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In Lebanon, the cabinet resigned as Shiites took W. Beirut. |
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1969 |
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Czechoslovak Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek was deposed. |
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1999 |
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In India, the government of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee collapsed after losing a vote of confidence. |
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1704 |
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John Campbell published what would eventually become the first successful American newspaper. It was known as the Boston "News-Letter." |
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1985 |
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The U.S. Postal Service unveiled its new 22-cent, "LOVE" stamp. |
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1941 |
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Igor Sikorsky accomplished the first successful helicopter lift-off from water near Stratford, CT. |
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1970 |
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Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on-board accident with an oxygen tank. |
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1875 |
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The game "snooker" was invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain. |
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1947 |
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Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn Dodgers) performed a bunt for his first major league hit. |
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1810 |
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Pineapple cheese was patented by Lewis M. Norton. |
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1758 |
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Frances Williams published a collection of Latin poems. He was the first African-American to graduate from a college in the western hemisphere. |
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1916 |
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The American Academy of Arts and Letters obtained a charter from the U.S. Congress. |
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2002 |
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At the National Maritime Museum in London, the exhibit "Skin Deep: A History of Tattooing" opened. |
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1941 |
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The office of Price Administration was established in the U.S. to handle rationing. |
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1864 |
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U.S. Civil War General Grant banned the trading of prisoners. |
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1946 |
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The last French troops left Syria. |
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1961 |
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About 1,400 U.S.-supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was an unsuccessful attack. |
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1975 |
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Khmer Rouge forces capture the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. It was the end of the five-year war. |
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1987 |
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In Sri Lanka, Tamil guerrillas killed 122 people in a road ambush. |