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Filippino President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered a state of emergency in the city of General Santos in response to a series of bombing attacks the day before. The attacks were blamed on Muslim extremists. |
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Zacarias Moussaoui pled guilty to conspiring with hijackers in the September 11, 2001, plot to attack American buildings and citizens. |
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Robert E. Lee was named commander of Virginia forces. |
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1500 |
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Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil. |
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1952 |
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An atomic test conducted in Nevada was the first nuclear explosion shown on live network television. |
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1954 |
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The U.S. Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began. |
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1999 |
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The Watson Family received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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ABC-TV aired a small portion of the Clinton-DiCaprio interview. |
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1509 |
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Henry VIII ascended to the throne of England upon the death of his father Henry VII. |
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1529 |
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Spain and Portugal divided the eastern hemisphere in Treaty of Saragosa. |
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1889 |
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At noon, the Oklahoma land rush officially started as thousands of Americans raced for new, unclaimed land. |
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1914 |
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Babe Ruth made his pitching debut with the Baltimore Orioles. |
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1915 |
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The New York Yankees wore pinstripes and the hat-in-the-ring logo for the first time. |
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1931 |
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James G. Ray landed an autogyro on the lawn of the White House. |
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1970 |
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The first "Earth Day" was observed by millions of Americans. |
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1976 |
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Barbara Walters became first female nightly network news anchor. |
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1997 |
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In Lima, Peru government commandos storm and capture the residence of the Japanese ambassador ending a 126-day hostage crisis. In the rescue 71 hostages were saved. Those killed: one hostage (of a heart attack), two soldiers, and all 14 rebels. |
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2000 |
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Elian Gonzalez was reunited with his father. He had to be taken from his Miami relatives by U.S. agents in a predawn raid. |
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1745 |
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The Peace of Fussen was signed, restoring the status quo of Germany. |
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1930 |
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The U.S., Britain and Japan signed the London Naval Treaty, which regulated submarine warfare and limited shipbuilding. |
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1931 |
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Egypt signed the treaty of friendship with Iraq. |
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1945 |
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Hitler suicided in the Fuhrerbunker along with his newly wed wife, Eva Braun. After the suicide, their corpses were taken outside, doused with gasoline, and set afire. Hitler's remains would later be removed by the Russians and keep in the State Archives of the Russian Federation, Moscow. |
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1997 |
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93 people are killed in the insurgency of extremist Muslims that continued in Algeria in a town south of Algiers. |
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1864 |
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The U.S. Congress mandated that all coins minted as U.S. currency bear the inscription "In God We Trust". |
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1987 |
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The American Physical Society said that the "Star Wars" missile system was "highly questionable" and would take ten years to research. |
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1876 |
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Eight baseball teams began the inaugural season of the National League. |
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1967 |
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Randy Matson set a new world record with a shot put toss of 71 feet, and 5 1/2 inches in College Station, TX. |
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1993 |
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The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, DC. |
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1792 |
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U.S. President George Washington proclaimed American neutrality in the war in Europe. |
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1892 |
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The first shot of the Spanish-American war occurred when the USS Nashville captured a Spanish merchant ship. |
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1898 |
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The first shot of the Spanish-American war occurred when the USS Nashville captured a Spanish merchant ship. |
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1915 |
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At the Second Battle Ypres the Germans became the first country to use poison gas. |
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1918 |
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British naval forces attempted to sink block-ships in the German U-boat bases at the Battle of Zeeburgge. |
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1944 |
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During World War 2, the Allies launched a major attack against the Japanese in Hollandia, New Guinea. |
