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The Duke of Norfolk was tried for treason for complicity in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. He was executed on June 2. |
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In Grundy, VA, student killed three and wounding three others at the Appalachian School of Law. |
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2002 |
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U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that John Walker Lindh would be brought to the United States to face trial. He was charged in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, VA, with conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens, providing support to terrorist organizations, and engaging in prohibited transactions with the Taliban of Afghanistan. |
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1920 |
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The motion picture "The Kid" opened. |
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1939 |
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The "I Love a Mystery" debuted on NBC’s West-Coast outlets.
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1964 |
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"Hello Dolly!" opened at the St. James Theatre in New York City.
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2009 |
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The iTunes Music Store reached 500 million applications downloaded.
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1970 |
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Colonel Muammar el-Quaddafi became virtual president of Libya. |
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1979 |
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The Shah of Iran and his family fled Iran for Egypt.
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2000 |
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Ricardo Lagos was elected Chile's first socialist president since Salvador Allende.
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1998 |
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It was announced that Texas would receive $15.3 billion in a tobacco industry settlement. The payouts were planned to take place over 25 years. |
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1883 |
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The United States Civil Service Commission was established as the Pendleton Act went into effect.
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1919 |
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The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages, was ratified. It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment. |
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1920 |
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Prohibition went into effect in the U.S.
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1998 |
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Three federal judges secretly granted Kenneth Starr authority to probe whether U.S. President Clinton or Vernon Jordan urged Monica Lewinsky to lie about her relationship with Clinton.
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1896 |
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The first five-player college basketball game was played at Iowa City, IA. |
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1547 |
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Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.
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1944 |
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of the Allied invasion force in London.
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1970 |
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Buckminster Fuller, the designer of the geodesic dome, was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects.
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1997 |
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Bill Cosby's only son, Ennis, 27, was shot to death while changing a flat tire on a dark road in Los Angeles, CA.
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1998 |
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The first woman to enroll at Virginia Military Institute withdrew from the school. |
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A truck loaded with evaporated milk was rammed into California's state capitol building in Sacramento, CA. The driver was killed in the incident.
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1900 |
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The U.S. Senate consented to the Anglo-German treaty of 1899, by which the U.K. renounced rights to the Samoan islands. |
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1925 |
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Leon Trotsky was dismissed as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the USSR.
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1982 |
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Britain and the Vatican resumed full diplomatic relations after a break of over 400 years.
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1992 |
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Officials of the government of El Salvador and rebel leaders signed a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war. At least 75,000 people were killed during the fighting.
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2002 |
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The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted sanctions against Osama bin Laden, his terror network and the remnants of the Taliban. The sanctions required that all nations impose arms embargoes and freeze their finances. |
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1985 |
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"Playboy" magazine announced its 30-year tradition of stapling centerfold models in the bellybutton and elsewhere would come to an immediate end. |
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1998 |
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Researchers announce that an altered gene helped to defend against HIV. |
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1998 |
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NASA officially announced that John Glenn would fly aboard the space shuttle Discovery in October.
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1961 |
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Mickey Mantle signed a contract that made him the highest paid baseball player in the American League at $75,000 for the 1961 season. |
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1988 |
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Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder was fired as a CBS sports commentator one day after telling a TV station in Washington, DC, that, during the era of slavery, blacks had been bred to produce stronger offspring. |
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1866 |
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Mr. Everett Barney patented the metal screw, clamp skate.
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1759 |
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The British Museum opened.
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1809 |
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The British defeated the French at the Battle of Corunna, in the Peninsular War.
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1991 |
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The White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm. The operation was designed to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. |
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1999 |
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At least 37 bodies were found mutilated of executed in southern Kosovo. They were all in civilian clothing. This occurred one day after a fierce attack by Serb forces. |
