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1988 |
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A pair of indictments were unsealed in Florida, accusing Panama's military leader, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, of bribery and drug trafficking. |
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1994 |
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White separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, MS, of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. |
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1999 |
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Mike Tyson was sentenced to a year in jail for assaulting two people after a car accident on August 31, 1998. Tyson was also fined $5,000, had to serve 2 years of probation, and had to perform 200 hours of community service upon release. |
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1924 |
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The BBC time signals, or "pips", from Greenwich Observatory were heard for the first time. They are broadcast every hour. |
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1940 |
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"Amanda of Honeymoon Hill" debuted on radio. |
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1953 |
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The Walt Disney’s film "Peter Pan" opened at the Roxy Theatre in New York City. |
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2001 |
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It was announced the Kelly Ripa would be Regis Philbin's cohost. The show was renamed to "Live! With Regis and Kelly." |
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1958 |
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Gamel Abdel Nasser was formally nominated to become the first president of the United Arab Republic. |
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1881 |
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Phoenix, AZ, was incorporated. |
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1885 |
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Congo State was established under Leopold II of Belgium, as a personal possession. |
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1917 |
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Mexico's constitution was adopted. |
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1937 |
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U.S. President Roosevelt proposed enlarging the U.S. Supreme Court. The plan failed. |
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1931 |
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Maxine Dunlap became the first woman licensed as a glider pilot. |
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2001 |
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Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman announced their separation. |
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1783 |
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Sweden recognized the independence of the United States. |
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1900 |
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The U.S. and Britain signed the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, which gave the U.S. the right to build a canal in Nicaragua but not the right fortify it. |
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1962 |
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French President Charles De Gaulle called for Algeria's independence. |
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1982 |
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Great Britain imposed economic sanctions against Poland and Russia in protest against martial law in Poland. |
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2003 |
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presented evidence to the U.N. concerning Iraq's material breach of U.N. Resolution 1441. |
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1846 |
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"The Oregon Spectator", based in Oregon City, became the first newspaper published on the Pacific coast. |
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1961 |
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The first issue of the "Sunday Telegraph" was published. |
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1972 |
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Bob Douglas became the first black man elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA. |
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1861 |
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Samuel Goodale patented the moving picture peep show machine. |
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1987 |
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The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 2,200-point for the first time. The market closed at 2201.49. |
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1997 |
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Switzerland's "Big Three" banks announced they would create a $71 million fund for Holocaust victims and their families. |
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1997 |
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Investment bank Morgan Stanley announced a $10 billion merger with Dean Witter. |
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1782 |
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The Spanish captured Minorca from the British. |
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