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1891 |
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The London-Paris telephone connection opened. |
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1905 |
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Paris and Berlin were linked by telephone. |
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1970 |
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The U.S. Army charged Captain Ernest Medina in the My Lai massacre. |
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1918 |
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England's Royal Flying Corps was replaced by the Royal Air Force. |
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1954 |
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The U.S. Air Force Academy was formed in Colorado. |
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1960 |
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France exploded 2 atom bombs in the Sahara Desert. |
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1986 |
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The U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green ran aground in the Irish Sea. |
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1793 |
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In Japan, the volcano Unsen erupted killing about 53,000. |
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1873 |
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The British White Star steamship Atlantic sank off Nova Scotia killing 547. |
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1931 |
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An Earthquake devastated Managua Nicaragua killing 2,000. |
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1946 |
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A tidal wave (tsunami) struck the Hawaiian Islands killing more than 170 people. |
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1748 |
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The ruins of Pompeii were found. |
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1874 |
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The Forrest brothers depart Geraldton in search of a stock route to the east. |
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1941 |
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The first contract for advertising on a commercial FM radio station began on W71NY in New York City. |
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1955 |
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"One Man's Family" was seen on TV for the final time after a six-year run on NBC-TV. |
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1963 |
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The Soap operas "General Hospital" and "Doctors" premiered on television. |
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1997 |
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David Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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0527 |
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Justinianus became the emperor of Byzantium. |
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1864 |
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The first travel accident policy was issued to James Batterson in the USA by the Travelers Insurance Company. |
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1987 |
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U.S. President Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, "We've declared AIDS public health enemy No. 1." |
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1853 |
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Cincinnati became the first U.S. city to pay fire fighters a regular salary. |
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1946 |
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Weight Watchers was formed. |
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2004 |
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Gateway Inc. announced that it would be closing all of its 188 stores on April 9. |
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1881 |
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Anti-Jewish riots took place in Jerusalem. |
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1934 |
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Bonnie & Clyde killed 2 police officers. |
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1933 |
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Nazi Germany began the persecution of Jews by boycotting Jewish businesses. |
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1998 |
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A federal judge dismissed the Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit against U.S. President Clinton saying that the claims fell "far short" of being worthy of a trial. |
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1999 |
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In Zhytomyr, Ukraine, Anatoliy Onoprienko was sentenced to death for the deaths of 52 men, women and children. 43 of the killings occurred in a 6-month period. |
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2001 |
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Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was arrested on corruption charges after a 26-hour standoff with the police at his Belgrade villa. |
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2003 |
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Jason Mewes was ordered to complete drug rehabilitation or face five years in jail stemming from a drug conviction in 1999. |
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1980 |
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A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz occurred. Born April 28, 1936 in Tel Keppe, Aziz was the Foreign Minister (1983 – 1991) and Deputy Prime Minister (1979 – 2003) of Iraq and a close advisor of former President Saddam Hussein. Their association began in the 1950s when both were activists for the then-banned Ba'ath Party. |
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1987 |
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Steve Newman became the first man to walk around the world. The walk was 22,000 miles and took 4 years |
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1621 |
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The Plymouth, MA, colonists created the first treaty with Native Americans. |
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1789 |
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The U.S. House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York City. Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first House Speaker. |
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1867 |
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Blacks voted in the municipal election in Tuscumbia, AL. |
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1867 |
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Singapore, Penang & Malakka became British crown colonies. |
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1905 |
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The British East African Protectorate became the colony of Kenya. |
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1924 |
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Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for high treason in relation to the "Beer Hall Putsch." |
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1937 |
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Aden became a British colony. |
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1939 |
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The U.S. recognized the Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war. |
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1948 |
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The Berlin Airlift began. |
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1950 |
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Italian Somalia became a United Nations trust territory under Italian administration. |
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1953 |
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The U.S. Congress created the Department of Health Education and Welfare. |
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1979 |
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Iran was proclaimed to be an Islamic Republic by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the fall of the Shah. |
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1982 |
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The U.S. transferred the Canal Zone to Panama. |
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1991 |
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Iran released British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years. |
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1991 |
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The Warsaw Pact was officially dissolved. Established in 1955, the Warsaw Pact served an the informal name for the mutual defense Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance subscribed by eight communist states in Eastern Europe, which was established at the USSR’s initiative and realized on 14 May 1955, in Warsaw, Poland. |
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1999 |
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The Canadian territory of Nunavut was created. It was carved from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories and covered about 772,000 square miles. |
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2001 |
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China began holding 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane. The EP-3E U.S. Navy crew had made an emergency landing after an in-flight collision with a Chinese fighter jet. The Chinese pilot was missing and presumed dead. The U.S. crew was released on April 11, 2001. |
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2003 |
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North Korea test-fired an anti-ship missile off its west coast. |
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2009 |
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Albania and Croatia joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). |
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1872 |
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The first edition of "The Standard" was published. |
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1724 |
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Jonathan Swift published Drapier's letters. |
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1578 |
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Englishman William Harvey discovers blood circulation. |
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1952 |
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The Big Bang theory was proposed in "Physical Review" by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow. |
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1876 |
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The first official National League (NL) baseball game took place. Boston beat Philadelphia 6-5. |
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1916 |
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The first U.S. national women's swimming championships were held. |
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1931 |
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Jackie Mitchell became the first female in professional baseball when she signed with the Chattanooga Baseball Club. |
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1930 |
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Leo Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs broke the altitude record for a catch by catching a baseball dropped from the Goodyear blimp 800 feet over Los Angeles, CA. |
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1938 |
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The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, NY. |
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1983 |
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New York Islander Mike Bossy became the first National Hockey League (NHL) player to score 60 goals in 3 consecutive seasons. |
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1992 |
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Players began the first strike in the 75-year history of the National Hockey League (NHL). |
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1996 |
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U.S. President Bill Clinton threw out the first ball preceding a game between the Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles. |
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1826 |
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Samuel Mory patented the internal combustion engine. |
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1889 |
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The first dishwashing machine was marketed (in Chicago). |
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1927 |
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The first automatic record changer was introduced by His Master's Voice. |
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1929 |
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Louie Marx introduced the Yo-Yo. |
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1935 |
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The first radio tube to be made of metal was announced. |
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1938 |
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The first commercially successful fluorescent lamps were introduced. |
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1960 |
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The U.S. launched TIROS-1, the worlds first weather satellite. |
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1976 |
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Apple Computer began operations. |
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1873 |
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Mehmed Kemals play "Vatan" premiered in Constantinople. |
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1949 |
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"Happy Pappy" premiered. It was the first all-black-cast variety show. |
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1863 |
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The first wartime conscription law goes into effect in the U.S. |
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1970 |
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U.S. President Nixon signed the bill, the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, that banned cigarette advertisements to be effective on January 1, 1971. |
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1971 |
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The United Kingdom lifted all restrictions on gold ownership. |
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1973 |
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Japan allowed its citizens to own gold. |
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1991 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that jurors could not be barred from serving due to their race. |
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2004 |
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U.S. President George W. Bush signed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. The bill made it a crime to harm a fetus during an assault on a pregnant woman. |
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2010 |
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The U.S. Congress cut Medicare reimbursements to physicians by 21%. |
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1963 |
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Workers of the International Typographical Union ended their strike that had closed nine New York City newspapers. The strike ended 114 days after it began on December 8, 1962. |
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1778 |
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Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, created the "$" symbol. |
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1867 |
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The International Exhibition opened in Paris. |
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1985 |
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World oil prices dropped below $10 a barrel. |
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1924 |
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Imperial Airways was formed in Britain. |
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1572 |
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The Sea Beggars under Guillaume de la Marck landed in Holland and captured the small town of Briel. |
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1865 |
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At the Battle of Five Forks in Petersburg, VA, Gen. Robert E. Lee began his final offensive. |
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1928 |
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China's Chiang Kai-shek began attacking communists. |
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1945 |
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U.S. forces invaded Okinawa during World War II. It was the last campaign of World War II. |
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1972 |
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North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops renewed their offensive in South Vietnam. |
