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Jesse James, who is believed to have been responsible for the first daylight bank robbery in the United States, was shot and killed by Robert "Bob" Ford (taking a bullet to the back of the head) at the James residence at 1318 Lafayette Street, St. Joseph Missouri. Over the span of 16 years, the James-Younger gang committed 26 holdups in ten states, leaving 14 dead. Although Ford killed James to collect the $10,000 reward, Ford was charged with murder and sentenced to hang. He was eventually pardoned and died in a bar brawl. |
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1936 |
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Richard Bruno Hauptmann was executed for the kidnapping and death of the son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. |
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1946 |
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Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines. |
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1936 |
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Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski was arrested. He pled guilty in January 1998 to five Unabomber attacks in exchange for a life sentence without chance for parole. |
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1996 |
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An Air Force jetliner carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown crashed in Croatia, killing all 35 people aboard. |
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1513 |
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Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before. |
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1910 |
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Alaska's Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America was climbed. |
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1776 |
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Harvard College conferred the first honorary Doctor of Laws degree to George Washington. |
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1949 |
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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted on radio on the "Martin and Lewis Show". The NBC program ran until 1952. |
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1982 |
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John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the "The NBC Nightly News." Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw became the co-anchors of the show. |
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1933 |
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US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt informed newspaper reporters that beer would be served at the White House. This followed the March 22 legislation that legalized "3.2" beer. |
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1979 |
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Jane Byrne became the first female mayor in Chicago. |
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1984 |
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Col. Lansana Konte became the new president of Guinea when the armed forces seized power after the death of Sekou Toure. |
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2000 |
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A U.S. federal judge ruled that Microsoft had violated U.S. antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors. Microsoft said that they would appeal the ruling. |
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1968 |
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated. |
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1987 |
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Riots disrupted mass during the Pope's visit to Santiago, Chili.* |
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1862 |
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Slavery was abolished in Washington, DC. |
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1967 |
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The U.S. State Department said that Hanoi might be brainwashing American prisoners. |
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1968 |
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North Vietnam agreed to meet with U.S. representatives to set up preliminary peace talks. |
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1985 |
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The U.S. charged that Israel violated the Geneva Convention by deporting Shiite prisoners. |
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1953 |
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"TV Guide" was published for the first time. |
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1829 |
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James Carrington patented the coffee mill. |
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1866 |
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Rudolph Eickemeyer and G. Osterheld patented a blocking and shaping machine for hats. |
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1993 |
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The Norman Rockwell Museum opened in Stockbridge, MA. |
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1986 |
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The U.S. national debt hit $2 trillion. |
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1998 |
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The Dow Jones industrial average climbed above 9,000 for the first time. |
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2000 |
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The Nasdaq set a one-day record when it lost 349.15 points to close at 4,233.68. |
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2010 |
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The Apple iPad went on sale. |
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1860 |
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The first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The trip across country took about 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half. |
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1865 |
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Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. |
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1942 |
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The Japanese began their all-out assault on the U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan. |
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1948 |
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U.S. President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan to revive war-torn Europe. It was $5 billion in aid for 16 countries. |
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1983 |
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It was reported that Vietnamese occupation forces had overrun a key insurgent base in western Cambodia. |
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1984 |
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Sikh terrorists killed a member of the Indian Parliament in his home. |
