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Nicola Sacco and Bartolemeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston, MA, for the murder of two men during a 1920 robbery. |
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1986 |
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Gennady Zakharov was arrested by the FBI and charged with espionage. Zakharov was a physicist that had been assigned by the United Nations. |
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1993 |
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Larry Nevers and Walter Budzyn were convicted in the beating death of Malice Green. Both former Detroit police officers received prison terms. |
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1993 |
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It was confirmed by Los Angeles police that Michael Jackson was the subject of a criminal investigation. |
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1998 |
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Kathryn Schoonover was arrested when she was caught stuffing envelopes with cyanide and preparing to send them to people around the U.S. |
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1838 |
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The first class graduated from Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, MA. It was one of the first colleges for women. |
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1902 |
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Fannie Merrit Farmer opened her cooking school, Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery, in Boston, MA. |
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1858 |
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"Ten Nights in a Barroom" opened in New York City at the National Theater. It was a melodrama about the evils of drinking. |
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1962 |
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The first live TV program was relayed between the U.S. and Europe through the U.S. Telstar satellite. |
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1984 |
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South Fork Ranch, the home of the fictitious Ewing clan of the CBS-TV show, "Dallas," was sold. The ranch was to be transformed from a tourist site into a hotel. |
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1982 |
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The parliament of Lebanon elected Bashir Bemayel president. He was assassinated three weeks later. |
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1952 |
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The security pact of the Arab League went into effect. |
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1996 |
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U.S. President Clinton imposed limits on peddling cigarettes to children. |
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1947 |
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Margaret Truman, U.S. President Truman's daughter, gave her first public performance as a singer. The event was at the Hollywood Bowl and had an audience of 15,000. |
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1959 |
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In the Peanuts comic strip, Sally debuted as an infant. |
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1979 |
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Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in New York City. |
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1987 |
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Robert Jarvik and Marilyn Mach vos Savant were married. The event was called the "Union of Great Minds" since Savant had an IQ of 228 and Jarvik was the inventor of the artificial heart. |
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1992 |
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An Amtrak passenger train in Wallingford, CT, hit a truck at a crossing. Three people were killed in the accident. |
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1998 |
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Michael Jones, a 16-year old boy, was shot when he refused to drop a water gun that appeared real to police officers. In New York City it was illegal to carry to possess a toy gun that looks real or is painted black. |
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1999 |
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Rescuers in Turkey found a young boy that had been buried in rubble from an earthquake for about a week. |
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1999 |
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Robert Bogucki was rescued after getting lost in the Great Sandy Desert of Australia on July 11. During the 43 day ordeal Bogucki lost 44 pounds. |
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2000 |
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Richard Hatch was revealed as the winning castaway on CBS' "Survivor." Hatch won $1,000,000 for his stay on the island of Pulau Tida in the South China Sea. |
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1939 |
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Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty. |
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1990 |
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President Saddam Hussein appeared on Iraqi state television with a group of Western detainees that he referred to as "guests." He told the group that they were being held "to prevent the scourge of war." |
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1998 |
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Protestors in Sudan carried a sign that bore the resemblance of Monica Lewinsky and the words "No War for Monika." The anti-U.S. demonstration was in Khartoum, Sudan. |
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1998 |
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Boris Yeltsin dismissed the Russian government again. |
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2001 |
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California Congressman Gary Condit gave an interview to ABC's Connie Chung. Condit denied involvement in Chandra Levy's disappearance and avoided directly answering questions about whether they had an affair. |
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1992 |
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Hurricane Andrew hit the Bahamas with 120 mile per hour winds. |
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1970 |
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U.S. swimmer Gary Hall broke three world records at the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) outdoor swimming meet, held in Los Angeles, CA. |
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1982 |
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Gaylord Perry (Seattle Mariners) was tossed out of a game for throwing an illegal spitball. |
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1892 |
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The printed streetcar transfer was patented by John H. Stedman. |
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1904 |
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Hard D. Weed patented the grip-tread tire chain for cars. |
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1839 |
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Hong Kong was taken by the British in a war with China. |
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1877 |
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The Texas outlaw Wes Hardin was captured in near Pensacola, FL. |
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1914 |
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Tsingtao, China, was bombarded as Japan declared war on Germany in World War I. |
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1944 |
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During World War II, Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescue was dismissed. Soon after the country would abandon the Axis and join the Allies. |
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1944 |
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Marseilles was captured by Allied troops during World War II. |