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Jean-Claude Van Damme was arrested for drunk driving and driving without a license after he crashed his Mercedes-Benz into a restaurant. On July 10, 2000, Van Damme was given three years probation and fined $1,200.
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The Corps of Discovery, the Lewis and Clark expedition, reached St. Louis, MO, and ended the trip to the Pacific Northwest. |
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1846 |
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Astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune. |
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1642 |
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The first commencement at Harvard College, in Cambridge, MA, was held. |
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1957 |
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Nine black students withdrew from Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas due to the white mob outside. |
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1951 |
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The first transcontinental telecast was received on the west coast. The show "Crusade for Freedom" was broadcast by CBS-TV from New York.
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1952 |
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The first Pay Television sporting event took place. The Marciano-Walcott fight was seen in 49 theaters in 31 cities. |
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1953 |
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"The Robe" premiered in Hollywood a week after its premiere in New York. The 20th Century Fox movie had been filmed using the Cinemascope wide screen process. |
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1962 |
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"The Jetsons" premiered on ABC-TV. It was the first program on the network to be carried in color.
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1998 |
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Jamie Lee Curtis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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Caesar Augustus was born in Rome. |
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1713 |
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King Ferdinand VI of Spain was born in Madrid. He was king from 1746 to 1759. |
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1973 |
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Overthrown Argentine president Juan Peron was returned to power. He had been overthrown in 1955. His wife, Eva Duarte, was the subject of the musical "Evita." |
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1939 |
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Sigmund Freud died in London. He was recognized as the founder of psychoanalysis.
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1838 |
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Victoria Chaflin Woodhull was born. She became the first female candidate for the U.S. Presidency. |
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1993 |
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Blacks were allowed a role in the South African government after a parliamentary vote. |
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1999 |
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A 17-month-old girl fell 230 feet from the Capilano Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The girl had bruises but no broken limbs from the fall onto a rocky ledge. |
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1780 |
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John Andre, a British spy, was captured with papers revealing that Benedict Arnold was going to surrender West Point, NY, to the British. |
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1952 |
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Richard Nixon gave his "Checkers Speech". At the time he was a candidate for U.S. vice-president. |
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1986 |
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Japanese newspapers quoted Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone as saying that minorities lowered the "intelligence level" of America. |
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1990 |
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Iraq publicly threatened to destroy Middle East oil fields and to attack Israel if any nation tried to force it from Kuwait. |
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1991 |
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U.N. weapons inspectors find documents detailing Iraq's secret nuclear weapons program. The find in Baghdad triggered a standoff with authorities in Iraq. |
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1993 |
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The Israeli parliament ratified the Israel-PLO accord. |
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1845 |
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The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York was formed by Alexander Joy Cartwright. It was the first baseball team in America. |
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1930 |
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Flashbulbs were patented by Johannes Ostermeier. |
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1962 |
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New York's Philharmonic Hall opened. It was the first unit of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The hall was later renamed the Avery Fisher Hall. |
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1964 |
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The new ceiling painting of the Paris Opera house was unveiled. The work was done by Russian-born artist Marc Chagall. |
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1999 |
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Siegfried & Roy received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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1897 |
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The first recorded traffic fatality in Great Britain occurred. It happened 2 years before the first fatality in the U.S. |
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1779 |
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John Paul Jones, commander of the American warship Bon Homme, was quoted as saying "I have not yet begun to fight!" |
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