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1962 |
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Bay of Pigs invaders got thirty years imprisonment in Cuba. |
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1988 |
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Former U.S. President Reagan aid Lyn Nofzinger was sentenced to prison for illegal lobbying for Wedtech Corp. |
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1998 |
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The widow of Martin Luther King Jr. presented new evidence in an appeal for new federal investigation of the assassination of her husband. |
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2000 |
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19 U.S. troops were killed when a Marine V22 Osprey crashed during a training mission in Arizona. |
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Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain. |
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1873 |
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Alfred Paraf patented the first successful oleomargarine. |
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1994 |
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On this day in 1994 electrician Gary Smith attended the home of Kurt Cobain to install a burglar alarm. Smith would find Cobain laying on his back with a shotgun wound to the head, and and autopsy would detect traces of both heroin and valium in his blood. The body had to be identified from fingerprints as the gun shot wound had left him unrecognizable, and it was determined that he had likely killed himself on April 5. Cobain never tried to make excuses for his drug taking, but would explain that a major part was the intense stomach pain he suffered. In fact, he had tried to commit suicide in Italy four weeks earlier, this leaving him in a temporary coma. Cobain was 27. |
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1953 |
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The bones of Sitting Bull were moved from North Dakota to South Dakota. |
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1985 |
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Phyllis Diller underwent a surgical procedure for permanent eyeliner to eliminate the need for eyelid makeup. |
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2002 |
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Ed McMahon filed a $20 million lawsuit against his insurance company, two insurance adjusters, and several environmental cleanup contractors. The suit alleged breach of contract, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress concerning a toxic mold that had spread through McMahon's Beverly Hills home. |
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1789 |
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The U.S. House of Representatives held its first meeting. |
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1834 |
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In New York City, Cornelius Lawrence became the first mayor to be elected by popular vote in a city election. |
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1946 |
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The League of Nations assembled in Geneva for the last time. |
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1986 |
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Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, CA. |
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1943 |
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Wendell Wilkie’s "One World" was published for the first time. |
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1525 |
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Albert von Brandenburg, the leader of the Teutonic Order, assumes the title "Duke of Prussia" and passed the first laws of the Protestant church, making Prussia a Protestant state. |
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1839 |
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The first Intercollegiate Rodeo was held at the Godshall Ranch, Apple Valley, CA. |
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1911 |
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The first squash tournament was played at the Harvard Club in New York City. |
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1974 |
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Hank Aaron hits 715th home run breaking Babe Ruth's record. |
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1975 |
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Frank Robinson of the Cleveland Indians became first black manager of a major league baseball team. |
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1987 |
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Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigned over remarks he had made. While on ABC's "Nightline" Campanis said that blacks "may not have some of the necessities" to hold managerial jobs in major-league baseball. |
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1913 |
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The Seventeenth amendment was ratified, requiring direct election of senators. |
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1935 |
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The Works Progress Administration was approved by the U.S. Congress. |
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1947 |
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The first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company. |
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1985 |
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India filed suit against Union Carbide for the Bhopal disaster. |
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1952 |
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U.S. President Truman seized steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike. |
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1832 |
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About 300 American troops of the 6th Infantry left Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, to confront the Sauk Indians in the Black Hawk War. |
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1939 |
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Italy invaded Albania. |
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1942 |
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The Soviets opened a rail link to the besieged city of Leningrad. |