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1554 |
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Lady Jane Grey was beheaded after being charged with treason. She had claimed the throne of England for only nine days. |
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1999 |
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U.S. President Clinton was acquitted by the U.S. Senate on two impeachment articles. The charges were perjury and obstruction of justice. |
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2002 |
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The trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic began at the U.N. tribunal in The Hague. Milosevic was accused of war crimes during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. |
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2002 |
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Pakistan charged three men in connection with the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi. |
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1907 |
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A collision of the steamer Larchmont and a schooler resulted in the death of more than 300 people. The incident occurred off New England's Block Island. |
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1733 |
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Savannah, GA, was founded by English colonist James Oglethorpe. |
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1918 |
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All theatres in New York City were shut down in an effort to conserve coal. |
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1924 |
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"The Eveready Hour" became radio’s first sponsored network program. The National Carbon Company was the first sponsor of a network show. |
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1940 |
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Mutual Radio presented the first broadcast of the radio play "The Adventures of Superman."
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1985 |
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Johnny Carson surprised his audience by shaving the beard he had been wearing on "The Tonight Show."
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1924 |
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U.S. President Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential political speech on radio. |
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1909 |
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded. |
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1541 |
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The city of Santiago, Chile was founded. |
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1870 |
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In the Utah Territory, women gained the right to vote. |
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1892 |
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In the U.S., President Lincoln's birthday was declared to be a national holiday.
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1998 |
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A U.S. federal judge declared that the presidential line-item veto was unconstitutional.
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1971 |
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James Cash (J.C.) Penney died at the age of 95. The company closed for business for one-half day as a memorial to the company's founder. |
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1993 |
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In Liverpool, England, a 2-year-old boy, James Bulger, was lured away from his mother at a shopping mall and beaten to death. Two ten-year-old boys were responsible. |
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2002 |
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Kenneth Lay, former Enron CEO, exercised his constitutional rights and refused to testify to the U.S. Congress about the collapse of Enron. |
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2002 |
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Princess Stephanie of Monaco and Franco Knie won a defamation-of-character lawsuit against the Swiss magazine "Facts." The case involved a photomontage created by the magazine. |
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2004 |
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Mattel announced that "Barbie" and "Ken" were breaking up. The dolls had met on the set of their first television commercial together in 1961. |
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1912 |
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China's boy emperor Hsuan T'ung announced that he was abdicating, ending the Manchu Ch'ing dynasty. Subsequently, the Republic of China was established. |
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2003 |
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The U.N. nuclear agency declared North Korea in violation of international treaties. The complaint was sent to the Security Council. |
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1968 |
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"Soul on Ice" by Eldridge Cleaver was published for the first time. |
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2001 |
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The space probe NEAR landed on the asteroid Eros. It was the first time that any craft had landed on a small space rock. |
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1879 |
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The first artificial ice rink opened in North America. It was at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY. |
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1880 |
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The National Croquet League was organized in Philadelphia, PA. |
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1878 |
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Frederick W. Thayer patented the baseball catcher’s mask. |
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1973 |
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The State of Ohio went metric, becoming the first in the U.S. to post metric distance signs. |
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1915 |
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The cornerstone of the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington, DC. |
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1934 |
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The Export-Import Bank was incorporated. |
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1973 |
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American prisoners of war were released for the first time during the Vietnam conflict. |
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