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1989 |
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Seven bombs exploded in Medillin and Bogota, Columbia. Police blamed drug traffickers.
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In Dallas, TX, George Rivas was sentenced to death for the murder of a police office during a robbery. Rivas was the leader of a group of prison escapees referred to as the Texas 7. |
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1992 |
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The U.N. Security Council agreed to send troops to Somalia to guard the shipments of food. |
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1907 |
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The Quebec Bridge collapsed killing 75 workers. The bridge was being built across the St. Lawrence River above Quebec City. |
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1997 |
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Hooded men killed more than 300 people in an Algerian farm village in the worst carnage since an Islamic insurgency began. |
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1966 |
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Mia Farrow withdrew from the cast of the ABC-TV's "Peyton Place." |
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1967 |
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The final episode of "The Fugitive" aired. |
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1833 |
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The "Factory Act" was passed in England to settle child labor laws. |
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1886 |
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In New York City, Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-chang's chef invented chop suey. |
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1957 |
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Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set a filibuster record in the U.S. when he spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes. |
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1994 |
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Mario Lemieux announced that he would be taking a medical leave of absence due to fatigue, an aftereffect of his 1993 radiation treatments. He would sit out the National Hockey Leagues (NHL) 1994-95 season. |
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1995 |
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The Eduard Shevardnadze, the Georgian leader, survived an attempt on his life. The attempt was made in the form of a car bomb that exploded near his motorcade. |
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1995 |
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At the O.J. Simpson trial, tapes of Mark Fuhrman were played. The recordings were of Fuhrman making racial comments. |
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1533 |
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Atahualpa, the last Incan King of Peru, was murdered on orders from Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro. The Inca Empire died with him. |
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1842 |
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The Treaty of Nanking was signed by the British and the Chinese. The treaty ended the first Opium War and gave the island of Hong Kong to Britain. |
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1944 |
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During the continuing celebration of the liberation of France from the Nazis, 15,000 American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris. |
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1945 |
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U.S. General Douglas MacArthur left for Japan to officially accept the surrender of the Japanese. |
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1990 |
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Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in a television interview, declared that America could not defeat Iraq. |
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1991 |
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The Communist Party in the Soviet Union had its bank accounts frozen and activities were suspended because of the Party's role in the failed coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev. |
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1991 |
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The republics of Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement to stay in the Soviet Union. |
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1949 |
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At the University of Illinois, a nuclear device was used for the first time to treat cancer patients. |
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1965 |
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Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles ("Pete") Conrad, splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean after eight days in space. |
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2004 |
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India test-launched a nuclear-capable missle able to carry a one-ton warhead. The weapon had a range of 1,560 miles. |
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1885 |
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The first prizefight under the Marquis of Queensberry Rules was held in Cincinnati, OH. John L. Sullivan defeated Dominick McCaffery in six rounds. |
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1971 |
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Hank Aaron became the first baseball player in the National League to hit 100 or more runs in each of 11 seasons. |
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1977 |
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Lou Brock brought his total of stolen bases to 893. The record he beat was held by Ty Cobb for 49 years. |
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1828 |
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A patent was issued to Robert Turner for the self-regulating wagon brake. |
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1973 |
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U.S. President Nixon was ordered by Judge John Sirica to turn over the Watergate tapes. Nixon refused and appealed the order.
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1998 |
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Northwest Airlines pilots went on strike after their union rejected a last-minute company offer. |
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1962 |
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The lower level of the George Washington Bridge was completed. |
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1983 |
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Two U.S. marines were killed in Lebanon by the militia group Amal when they fired mortar shells at the Beirut airport. |
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1983 |
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The anchor of the USS Monitor, from the U.S. Civil War, was retrieved by divers. |
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1984 |
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A B-1 bomber prototype crashed in the Mojave Desert killing one crew member and injuring two others.
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