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Mail service returned to a nudist colony in Paradise Lake, FL. Residents promised that they’d wear clothes or stay out of sight when the mailperson came to deliver. |
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1988 |
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The Soviet Union released Mathias Rust. He had been taken into custody on May 28, 1987 for landing a plane in Moscow's Red Square. |
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1989 |
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Shiite Muslim kidnappers suspended their threat to execute another hostage. It had been reported that the terrorist in Lebanon had hung Lt. Col. William R. Higgins three days before. |
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1995 |
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Eyad Ismoil was flown from Jordan to the U.S. to face charges that he had driven the van that blew up in New York's World Trade Center. |
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2001 |
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A grand jury indicted Robert Iler on charges that he and two teen-agers robbed two other teen-age boys for $40. |
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Christopher Dock completed the first book of teaching methods. It was titled "A Simple and Thoroughly Prepared School Management." |
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1922 |
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WGY radio in Schenectady, NY, presented the first full-length melodrama on radio. The work was "The Wolf", written by Eugene Walter. |
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1979 |
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"More American Graffiti" was released. |
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1923 |
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Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the U.S. after the sudden death of President Harding. |
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1989 |
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Hashemi Rafsanjani was sworn in as the president of Iran. |
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1900 |
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Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. was founded. |
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1922 |
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The U.S. Senate voted to restrict and eventually end the testing of nuclear weapons. |
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1956 |
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Bedloe's Island had its name changed to Liberty Island. |
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1966 |
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Comedian Lenny Bruce died (naked) on this day in 1966 from a morphine overdose. In his short and turbulet life, Bruce had transformed stand-up comedy, coined the expression "T&A" (Tits and Ass), recieved an undesirable discharge from the U.S. Navy for wearing a woman's uniform (although he specifically emphasized his heterosexuality), married a stripper, was arrested for impersonating a priest while attempting to solicit "donations" and was blacklisted by nearly every comedy club in the United States, not because they didn't want him, but because they were afraid authorities would shut the clubs down. |
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2004 |
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In New York, the Statue of Liberty re-opened to the public. The site had been closed since the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001. |
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2009 |
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Bolivia became the first South American country to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves. |
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1492 |
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Christopher Columbus left Palos, Spain with three ships. The voyage would lead him to what is now known as the Americas. He reached the Bahamas on October 12. |
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1943 |
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Gen. George S. Patton verbally abused and slapped a private. Later, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered him to apologize for the incident. |
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1979 |
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Johnny Carson, the "Tonight Show" host, was on the cover of the Burbank, CA, telephone directory. |
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1981 |
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U.S. traffic controllers with PATCO, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, went on strike. They were fired just as U.S. President Reagan had warned. |
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1994 |
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Arkansas executed three prisoners. It was the first time in 32 years. |
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1987 |
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The U.S. Congress completed it public hearings on the Iran-Contra issue. |
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1988 |
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The Iran-Contra hearings ended. No ties were made between U.S. President Reagan and the Nicaraguan Rebels. |
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1992 |
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Russia and Ukraine agreed to put the Black Sea Fleet under joint command. The agreement was to last for three years. |
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2004 |
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NASA launched the spacecraft Messenger. The 6 1/2 year journey was planned to arrive at the planet Mercury in March 2011. |
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1880 |
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The American Canoe Association was formed at Lake George, NY. |
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1936 |
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Jesse Owens won the first of his four Olympic gold medals. |
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1949 |
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) was formed. The league was formed by the merger between the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League |
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1984 |
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Mary Lou Retton won a gold medal at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics. |
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1958 |
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The Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater. The mission was known as "Operation Sunshine." |
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1933. |
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The Mickey Mouse Watch was introduced for the price of $2.75. |
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1914 |
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Germany declared war on France. The next day World War I began when Britain declared war on Germany. |
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1936 |
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The U.S. State Department advised Americans to leave Spain due to the Spanish Civil War. |
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1990 |
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Thousands of Iraqi troops pushed within a few miles of the border of Saudi Arabia. This heightened world concerns that the invasion of Kuwait could spread. |
