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Patty Hearst was released from prison after serving 22 months of a seven-year sentence for bank robbery. Her sentence had been commuted by U.S. President Carter. |
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1994 |
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Jeff Gillooly pled guilty in Portland, OR, for his role in the attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Gillooly, Tonya Harding's ex-husband, struck a plea bargain under which he confessed to racketeering charges in exchange for testimony implicating Harding. |
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2001 |
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Three Scottish judges found Abdel Basset al-Mergrahi guilty of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people. The court said that Megrahi was a member of the Libyan intelligence service. Al-Amin Khalifa, who had been co-accused, was acquitted and freed. |
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1991 |
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A US Air jetliner crashed atop a commuter plane at Los Angeles International Airport. 35 people were killed. |
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1893 |
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Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world's first motion picture studio in West Orange, NJ. |
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1896 |
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Puccini's opera "La Boheme" premiered in Turin. |
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1951 |
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The first telecast of an atomic explosion took place. |
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1953 |
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CBS-TV debuted "Private Secretary." |
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1954 |
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CBS-TV showed "The Secret Storm" for the first time. |
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1998 |
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Stuart Whitman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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1946 |
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Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations. |
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The U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York City. |
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1920 |
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Canada's Royal North West Mounted Police changed their name to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The organization was commissioned in 1873. |
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1919 |
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The first Miss America was crowned in New York City. |
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1921 |
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Carmen Fasanella registered as a taxicab owner and driver in Princeton, New Jersey. Fasanella retired November 2, 1989 after 68 years and 243 days of service. |
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1957 |
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P.H. Young became the first black pilot on a scheduled passenger airline. |
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1960 |
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Four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. They had been refused service. |
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1976 |
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"Sonny and Cher" resumed on TV despite a real life divorce. |
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1979 |
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was welcomed in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile. |
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1999 |
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Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky gave a deposition that was videotaped for senators weighing impeachment charges against U.S. President Clinton. |
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1861 |
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Texas voted to secede from the Union. |
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1958 |
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The United Arab Republic was formed by a union of Egypt and Syria. It was broken 1961. |
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1862 |
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"The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe was first published in the "Atlantic Monthly." |
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1884 |
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The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. |
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1930 |
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The Times published its first crossword puzzle. |
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1951 |
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The first X-ray moving picture process was demonstrated. |
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2003 |
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NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed. |
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1929 |
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Weightlifter, Charles Rigoulet of France, achieved the first 400 pound ‘clean and jerk’ as he lifted 402-1/2 pounds. |
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1788 |
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Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patented the steamboat. |
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1793 |
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Ralph Hodgson patented oiled silk. |
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1920 |
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The first armored car was introduced. |
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1867 |
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In the U.S., bricklayers start working 8-hour days. |
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1898 |
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The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, CT, issued the first automobile insurance policy. Dr. Truman Martin of Buffalo, NY, paid $11.25 for the policy, which gave him $5,000 in liability coverage. |
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1900 |
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Eastman Kodak Co. introduced the $1 Brownie box camera. |
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1987 |
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Terry Williams won the largest slot machine payoff, at the time, when won $4.9 million after getting four lucky 7s on a machine in Reno, NV. |
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1996 |
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Visa and Mastercard announced security measures that would make it safe to shop on the Internet. |
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1913 |
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Grand Central Terminal (also known as Grand Central Station) opened in New York City, NY. It was the largest train station in the world. |
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1793 |
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France declared war on Britain and Holland. |
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1968 |
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During the Vietnam War, South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head. The scene was captured in a news photograph. |
