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1920 |
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Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted in what was called the "Black Sox" scandal. They were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. |
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1985 |
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Rioting erupted in London's Brixton district that lasted for two days. The incident occurred after a black woman was shot by a police officer during a raid on her home. |
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1991 |
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Marion Barry, former mayor of the District of Columbia, was sentenced to six months in prison for possession of crack cocaine. |
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1850 |
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The U.S. Navy abolished flogging as a form of punishment. |
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1992 |
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In Nepal, 167 people were killed when a Pakistani jetliner crashed. |
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1994 |
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900 people were killed when an Estonian ferry capsized in the Baltic Sea. |
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1542 |
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San Diego, CA, was discovered by Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. |
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1936 |
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"Bachelor's Children" debuted on CBS Radio. |
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1939 |
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"Fleischmann Hour" aired for the last time on radio. |
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1944 |
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"The Boys From Boise" was shown on WABD in New York as the first full-length comedy written for television. |
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1955 |
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The World Series was televised in color for the first time. The game was between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. |
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1961 |
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"Dr. Kildare" premiered on NBC-TV. |
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1961 |
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"Hazel" premiered on NBC-TV. |
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1984 |
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Bob Hope showed outtakes of his 34 years in television on NBC. |
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48 B.C |
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Pompey the Great was murdered on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt. |
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1066 |
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England was invaded by William the Conqueror who claimed the English throne. |
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1850 |
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U.S. President Millard Fillmore named Brigham Young the first governor of the Utah territory. In 1857, U.S. President James Buchanan removed Young from the position. |
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1967 |
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The first mayor of Washington, DC, Walter Washington, took office. |
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1989 |
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Ferdinand E. Marcos died in Hawaii, in exile, at the age of 72. |
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2000 |
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The U.S. Federal Drug Administration approved the use of RU-486 in the United States. The pill is used to induce an abortion. |
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1978 |
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Don Sherman, editor of Car & Driver, set a new Class E record in Utah. Driving the Mazda RX7 he reached a speed of 183.904 mph. |
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551 B.C. |
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Teacher and philosopher Confucius was born. He dedicated most of his life to teaching, starting at the age of 22 when he opened his first school. |
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1974 |
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First Lady Betty Ford underwent a mastectomy to remove a lump in her breast. |
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1987 |
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Mehdi Hashemi was executed for treason in an Iranian prison. Hashemi had at one time been a close aide to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. |
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1989 |
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Ferdinand E. Marcos died in Hawaii, in exile, at the age of 72. |
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2004 |
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Nate Olive and Sarah Jones arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border to complete the first known continuous hike of the 1,800-mile trail down the U.S. Pacific Coast. They started the trek on June 8.
2009: At least 157 demonstrators were killed in a clash with the Guinean military. |
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1787 |
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The U.S. Congress voted to send the new Constitution of the United States to the state legislatures for their approval. |
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1972 |
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Communist China and Japan agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations. |
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1991 |
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In response to U.S. President Bush's reduction of U.S. nuclear arms Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev promised to reciprocate. |
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1995 |
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Yasser Arafat of the PLO and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signed an accord that transferred control of the West Bank. |
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1892 |
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The first nighttime football game in the U.S. took place under electric lights. The game was between the Mansfield State Normal School and the Wyoming Seminary. |
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1920 |
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Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted in what was called the "Black Sox" scandal. They were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. |
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1968 |
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The Atlanta Chiefs won the first North American Soccer League Championship. |
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1978 |
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Heavy fighting occurred in Lebanon between Syrian peacekeeping troops and Lebanese Christian militiamen. |
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1924 |
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The first around-the-world flight was completed by two U.S. Army planes when they landed in Seattle, WA. The trip took 175 days. |
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1997 |
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The 103rd convention of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) was held in New York City, NY. The official debut of the DVD format was featured. |
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2009 |
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The iTunes Music Store reached 2 billion applications downloaded. |
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1985 |
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Rioting erupted in London's Brixton district that lasted for two days. The incident occurred after a black woman was shot by a police officer during a raid on her home. |
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1950 |
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The United Nations admitted Indonesia. |
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2004 |
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The U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Secret Service introduced the first newly redesigned $50 bill. |
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1066 |
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England was invaded by William the Conqueror who claimed the English throne. |
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1687 |
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The Turks surrendered Athens to the Venetians. |
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1781 |
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During the Revolutionary War, American forces began the siege on Yorktown, VA. |
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1915 |
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The British defeated the Turks in Mesopotamia at Kut-el-Amara. |
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1939 |
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During World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed upon a plan on the division of Poland. |