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1885 |
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Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason. |
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1966 |
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Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in his second trial of charges he had murdered his pregnant wife, Marilyn, in 1954. |
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1998 |
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In Burlington, Wisconsin, five high school students, aged 15 to 16, were arrested in an alleged plot to kill a carefully selected group of teachers and students. |
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1999 |
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Chrica Adams, the pregnant girlfriend of Rae Carruth, was shot four times in her car. She died a month later from her wounds. The baby survived. Carruth was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years and 11 months in prison for his role in the murder. |
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1985 |
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Colonel Oliver North was put in charge of the shipment of HAWK anti-aircraft missiles to Iran. |
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1973 |
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Skylab 3 carrying a crew of three astronauts, was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, on an 84-day mission. |
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2000 |
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Bill Clinton became the first serving U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam. |
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1981 |
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A vaccine for hepatitis B was approved. The vaccine had been developed at Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research. |
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1915 |
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Coca-Cola had its prototype for a countoured bottle patented. The bottle made its commercial debut the next year. |
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1998 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court said that union members could file discrimination lawsuits against employers even when labor contracts require arbitration. |
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1997 |
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China released Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident from jail for medical reasons. He had been incarcerated for almost 18 years. |
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1998 |
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It was announced that Monica Lewinsky had signed a deal for the North American rights to a book about her affair with U.S. President Clinton. |
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1999 |
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Johnny Depp received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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1907 |
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Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state. |
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1933 |
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The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations for the first time. |
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1988 |
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Estonia's parliament declared that the Baltic republic "sovereign," but stopped short of complete independence. |
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1952 |
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In the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy first held a football for Charlie Brown. |
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2004 |
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A NASA unmanned "scramjet" (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean.
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1957 |
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Jim Brown (Cleveland Browns) set an NFL season rushing record of 1163 yards after only eight games. |
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1982 |
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An agreement was announced on the 57th day of a strike by National Football League (NFL) players. |
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1994 |
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Major League Soccer announced that it would start its inaugural US season in 1996. |
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2004 |
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A NASA unmanned "scramjet" (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean.
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1973 |
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U.S. President Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline measure into law. |
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1776 |
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British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution. |
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1864 |
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Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their "March to the Sea" during the U.S. Civil War. |
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1969 |
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The U.S. Army announced that several had been charged with massacre and the subsequent cover-up in the My Lai massacre in Vietnam on March 16, 1968. |