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Wayne B. Williams was found guilty of murdering two young black people. 28 bodies had been found in the Atlanta area over a period of 22 months. |
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1990 |
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The Exxon Corporation and Exxon Shipping were indicted on five criminal counts in reference to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. |
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In Boston, twenty people working at Logan International Airport were charged with lying to get their jobs or security badges. |
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1700 |
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The Pacific Island of New Britain was discovered. |
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1997 |
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Don Cornelius received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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1949 |
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Chaim Weizmann became the first Israeli president. |
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1801 |
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The city of Washington, DC. was placed under congressioal jurisdiction. |
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1922 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 19th Amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote. |
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1939 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed sit-down strikes. |
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1951 |
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The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, limiting U.S. Presidents to two terms. |
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1997 |
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In Ireland, divorce became legal. |
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1827 |
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New Orleans held its first Mardi Gras celebration. |
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1998 |
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Britain's House of Lords agreed to give a monarch's first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first-born son. This was the end to 1,000 years of male preference.
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1999 |
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Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new hot air balloon endurance record when they had been aloft for 233 hours and 55 minutes. The two were in the process of trying to circumnavigate the Earth. |
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1861 |
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In Warsaw, Russian troops fired on a crowd protesting Russian rule over Poland. Five protesting marchers were killed in the incident. |
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1900 |
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In South Africa, the British recieved an unconditional surrender from Boer Gen. Piet Cronje at Paardeberg. |
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1933 |
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The Reichstag, Germany's parliament building in Berlin, was set afire. The Nazis accused Communist for the fire. |
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1972 |
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The Shanghai Communique was issued by U.S. President Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai. |
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1973 |
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The American Indian Movement occupied Wouned Knee in South Dakota. |
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1986 |
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The U.S. Senate approved the telecast of its debates on a trial basis. |
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1991 |
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U.S. President George H.W. Bush announced live on television that "Kuwait is liberated." |
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1999 |
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Nigeria returned to civilian rule when Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo became the country's first elected president since August of 1983. |
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1896 |
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The "Charlotte Observer" published a picture of an X-ray photograph made by Dr. H.L. Smith. The photograph showed a perfect picture of all the bones of a hand and a bullet that Smith had placed between the third and fourth fingers in the palm. |
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1974 |
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"People" magazine was first issued by Time-Life (later known as Time-Warner). |
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1867 |
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Dr. William G. Bonwill invented the dental mallet. |
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1883 |
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Oscar Hammerstein patented the first cigar-rolling machine. |
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1981 |
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Chrysler Corporation was granted an additional $400 million in federal loan guarantees. Chrysler had posted a loss of $1.7 billion in 1980. |
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