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1990 |
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Egyptian and Moroccan troops joined U.S. forces in Saudia Arabia to help protect from a possible Iraqi attack. |
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1965 |
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Riots and looting took place in the Watts section of Los Angeles, CA. During the week that followed 34 people were killed. In addition, over 1,000 were injured, 3,000 were arrested and over $40 million in damage was done. |
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1984 |
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio broadcast when, during testing of the microphone, the President said of the Soviet Union, "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you that I just signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." |
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1994 |
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A U.S. federal jury awarded $286.8 million to about 10,000 commercial fishermen for losses as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. |
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1994 |
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The Tenth International Conference on AIDS ended in Japan. |
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1860 |
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The first successful silver mill in America began operations. The mill was in Virginia City, NV. |
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1934 |
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Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay, received federal prisoners for the first time. |
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1988 |
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Dick Thornburgh was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the next attorney general. He succeeded Edwin Meese III. |
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1991 |
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Edward Tracey, an American, was released by Shiite Muslim kidnappers. He had been held for nearly five years. Jerome Leyraud was also released. Leyraud, a Frenchman, had been kidnapped three days earlier. |
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1995 |
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A federal investigation was opened concerning the deadly siege at Ruby Ridge, ID, in 1992. The investigation was to find out whether FBI officials approved a "shoot on sight" order. |
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2002 |
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Jason Priestly crashed his car during practice for a race in the Infiniti Pro Series. He suffered a spinal fracture, a moderate concussion, a broken nose, facial lacerations and broken bones in both feet. |
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1956 |
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Abstract artist Jackson Pollack died in an automobile accident in East Hampton, NY. |
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1941 |
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The Atlantic Charter was signed by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. |
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1945 |
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The Allies informed Japan that they would determine Emperor Hirohito's future status after Japan's surrender. |
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1954 |
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Seven years of fighting came to an end in Indochina. A formal peace was in place for the French and the Communist Vietminh. |
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1975 |
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The U.S. vetoed the proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to the United Nations. The Security Counsel had already refused to consider South Korea's application. |
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1975 |
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The U.S. vetoed the proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to the United Nations. The Security Counsel had already refused to consider South Korea's application. |
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2003 |
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Charles Taylor, President of Liberia, flew into exile after ceding power to his vice president, Moses Blah. |
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1924 |
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Newsreel pictures were taken of U.S. presidential candidates for the first time. |
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1877 |
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The two moons of Mars were discovered by Asaph Hall, an American astronomer. He named them Phobos and Deimos. |
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1962 |
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Andrian Nikolayev, of the Soviet Union, was launched on a 94-hour flight. He was the third Russian to go into space. |
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1965 |
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The U.S. conducted a second launch of "Surveyor-SD 2" for a landing on the Moon surface test. |
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1991 |
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The space shuttle Atlantis ended its nine-day journey by landing safely. |
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1951 |
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The first major league baseball game to be televised in color was broadcast. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves 8-1. |
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1971 |
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Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins got his 500th and 501st home runs of his major league baseball career. |
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1984 |
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Carl Lewis won his fourth gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics. |
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1984 |
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The Cincinnati Reds honored major league All-Star and Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench by retiring his uniform (#5). |
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1874 |
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A patent for the sprinkler head was given to Harry S. Parmelee. |
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1896 |
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Harvey Hubbell received a patent for the electric light bulb socket with a pull-chain. |
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1995 |
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All U.S. nuclear tests were banned by President Clinton. |
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1997 |
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U.S. President Clinton made the first use of the line-item veto approved by Congress, rejecting three items in spending and tax bills. |
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1996 |
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In Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America opened. It was the largest shopping mall in the United States. |
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1998 |
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British Petroleum became No. 3 among oil companies with the $49 billion purchase of Amoco. It was the largest foreign takeover of a U.S. company. |
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2002 |
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US Airways announced that it had filed for bankruptcy. |
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1909 |
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The American ship Arapahoe became the first to ever use the SOS distress signal off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC. |
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1954 |
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During World War II, Pierre Laval publicly announced "the hour of liberation for France is the hour when Germany wins the war." |
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2003 |
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In Kabul, NATO took command of the 5,000-strong peacekeeping force in Afghanistan. |