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William King was sentenced to death for the racial murder of James Byrd Jr in Jasper, TX. Two other men charged were later convicted for their involvement. |
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In Albany, NY, a jury acquitted four New York City police officers of second-degree murder and lesser charges in the February 1999 shooting death of Amadou Diallo. |
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Dennis Rader was arrested for the BTK serial killings in Wichita, KS. He later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 life prison terms. |
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The Federal Radio Commission issued the first U.S. television license to Charles Jenkins Laboratories in Washington, DC. |
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1950 |
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"Your Show of Shows" debuted on NBC. |
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1751 |
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Edward Willet displayed the first trained monkey act in the U.S. |
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1913 |
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The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It authorized a graduated income tax.
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1901 |
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The United States Steel Corp. was incorporated by J.P. Morgan. |
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1793 |
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The department heads of the U.S. government met with U.S. President Washington for the first Cabinet meeting on U.S. record. |
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1948 |
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Communists seized power in Czechoslovakia. |
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1956 |
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Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev criticized the late Josef Stalin in a speech before a Communist Party congress in Moscow. |
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1972 |
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Germany gave a $5 million ransom to Arab terrorist who had hijacked a jumbo jet. |
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1986 |
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Filippino President Ferdinand E. Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule after a tainted election. |
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1999 |
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In Moscow, China's Prime Minister Zhu Rongji and Russia's President Boris Yeltsin discussed trade and other issues. |
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1570 |
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England's Queen Elizabeth I was excommunicated by Pope Pius V. |
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1940 |
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The New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens played in the first hockey game to be televised in the U.S. The game was aired on W2WBS in New York with one camera in a fixed position. The Rangers beat the Canadiens 6-2. |
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1836 |
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Samuel Colt received a patent for a "revolving gun". |
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1930 |
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The bank check photographing device was patented. |
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1919 |
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The state of Oregon became the first state to place a tax on gasoline. The tax was 1 cent per gallon. |
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1933 |
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The first aircraft carrier, Ranger, was launched. |
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