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1994 |
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Ilich Ramirez Sanchez was jailed in France. He was the international terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal." |
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1996 |
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Frederick Martin Davidson shot and killed three engineering professors. He was later convicted and sentenced to three life terms in prison. |
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1987 |
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$100 million in damage was done in the Chicago area when 13 1/2 inches of rain fell. |
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2001 |
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Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own. They had discovered two planets orbiting a star in the Big Dipper. |
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1939 |
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"The Wizard of Oz" premiered in Hollywood, CA. Judy Garland became famous for the movie's song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." |
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1948 |
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CBS-TV inaugurated the first nightly news broadcast with anchorman Douglas Edwards. |
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Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was killed by the son of King Duncan. |
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1994 |
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The U.S. Social Security Administration became an independent government agency. It had been a part of the Department of Health and Human Services agency. |
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1911 |
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The product Crisco was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company. |
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1971 |
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U.S. President Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, rents and prices. |
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1997 |
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The U.S. Justice Department decided not to prosecute FBI officials in connection with the deadly 1992 Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho. The investigation dealt with an alleged cover-up. |
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1877 |
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Thomas Edison wrote to the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh, PA. The letter stated that the word, "hello" would be a more appropriate greeting than "ahoy" when answering the telephone. |
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1935 |
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Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in an airplane crash in near Point Barrow, AK. |
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1943 |
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Because of his special talent to use food scraps in both unusual and appetizing recipes, the U.S. War Department awarded Sgt. Edward Dzuba the Legion of Merit. |
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1983 |
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Six-month-old Lisa Harap of Queens Village, NY became the youngest identifiable living person to appear on a cover of "TIME" magazine. |
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1992 |
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Four people were killed and 20 were injured in a shooting spree outside a club in Miami, FL |
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1998 |
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A car bomb in Omagh, Northern Ireland, killed 29 people and injured 370. |
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2000 |
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A group of 100 people from North Korea arrived in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they had not seen for half a century. Also, a group of 100 South Koreans visited the North. |
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2001 |
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Chandra Levy's parents appeared on CNN's "Larry King Live." They discussed Levy's disappearance on April 30, 2001. |
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1918 |
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Diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Russia were severed. |
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1947 |
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India became independent from Britain and was divided into the countries of India and Pakistan. India had been under British about 200 years. |
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1948 |
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The Republic of Korea was proclaimed. |
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1974 |
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President Park Chung-hee, of South Korea, escaped an assassination attempt. His wife was killed in the attempt. |
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1986 |
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The U.S. Senate approved a package of economic sanctions against South Africa. The ban included the importing of steel, uranium, textiles, coal, and produce from South Africa. |
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1992 |
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Vietnam blamed Hollywood for creating the "myth" concerning the issue of U.S. servicemen still being held prisoner in Indochina. |
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1970 |
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Mrs. Pat Palinkas became the first woman to ‘play’ in a pro football game when she held the ball for the Orlando, FL, Panthers. |
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The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett. |
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1961 |
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East German workers began construction of the Berlin Wall. |
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1914 |
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The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. |
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1949 |
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In San Francisco, a stunt leap off the Golden Gate Bridge was performed for the first time. |
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1944 |
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The Allied forces of World War II landed in southern France. |
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1945 |
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The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally. |