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A federal judge ordered John Walker Lindh to be held without bail pending trial. Lindh was known as the "American Taliban." |
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1956 |
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St. Patrick Center opened in Kankakee, IL. It was the first circular school building in the United States. |
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"The Virginia Minstrels" opened at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City. It was the first minstrel show in America.
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1950 |
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NBC radio debuted "Dangerous Assignment". |
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1972 |
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Over 500,000 pieces of irate mail arrived at the mail room of CBS-TV, when word leaked out that an edited-for-TV version of the X-rated movie, "The Demand," would be shown. |
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1952 |
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Britain's King George VI died. His daughter, Elizabeth II, succeeded him. |
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1987 |
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President Ronald Reagan turned 76 years old this day and became the oldest U.S. President in history. |
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2000 |
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In Finland, Foreign Minister Tarja Halonen became the first woman to be elected president. |
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2001 |
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Ariel Sharon was elected Israeli prime minister. |
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1911 |
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The first old-age home for pioneers opened in Prescott, AZ. |
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1788 |
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Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. |
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1933 |
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The 20th Amendment to the Constitution was declared in effect. The amendment moved the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January. |
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1998 |
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Washington National Airport was renamed for U.S. President Ronald Reagan with the signing of a bill by U.S. President Clinton. |
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1815 |
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The state of New Jersey issued the first American railroad charter to John Stevens. |
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1937 |
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K. Elizabeth Ohi became the first Japanese woman lawyer when she received her degree from John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL. |
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1999 |
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Excerpts of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky's videotaped testimony were shown at President Clinton's impeachment trial. |
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1778 |
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The United States gained official recognition from France as the two nations signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance in Paris. |
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1899 |
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The U.S. Senate ratified a peace treaty between the U.S. and Spain. |
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1900 |
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U.S. President McKinley appointed W.H. Taft as commissioner to report on the Philippines. |
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1900 |
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The Holland Senate ratified the 1899 peace conference decree that created in international arbitration court at The Hague.
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1999 |
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King Hussein of Jordan transferred full political power to his oldest son the Crown Prince Abdullah.
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2000 |
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U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton formally declared that she was a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat from the state of New York.
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1959 |
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The U.S., for the first time, successfully test-fired a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral. |
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1971 |
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NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon. |
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1926 |
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The National Football League adopted a rule that made players ineligible for competition until their college class graduated. |
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1932 |
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Dog sled racing happened for the first time in Olympic competition. |
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1985 |
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The French mineral water company, Perrier, debuted its first new product in 123 years. The new items were water with a twist of lemon, lime or orange.
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1999 |
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Heavy fighting resumed along the common border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. |
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2000 |
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Russia's acting President Vladimir Putin announced that Russian forces had captured Grozny, Chechnya. The capital city had been under the control of Chechen rebels. |
