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The "Hotline" between Moscow and Washington, DC, went into operation. |
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1979 |
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Hurricane David hit the Caribbean island of Dominica. The hurricane took 1,100 lives in its journey through the Caribbean and the eastern U.S. seaboard. |
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1989 |
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Leona Helmsley was found guilty of income tax evasion by a New York federal jury. |
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1992 |
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15 people were killed and 31 injured in a Sarajevo market when an artillery shell exploded. |
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1993 |
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On CBS-TV "The Late Show with David Letterman" premiered. |
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1905 |
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Ty Cobb made his major league batting debut with the Detroit Tigers. |
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30 B.C. |
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Cleopatra, the seventh queen of Egypt, committed suicide. |
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1682 |
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William Penn sailed from England and later established the colony of Pennsylvania in America. |
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1809 |
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Charles Doolittle Walcott first discovered fossils near Burgess Pass. He named the site Burgess Shale after nearby Mt. Burgess.
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1682 |
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Fanny Dora Kaplan fired three shots at Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in an assassination attempt |
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1945 |
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General Douglas MacArthur set up Allied occupation headquarters in Japan. |
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1965 |
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Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a Supreme Court justice. Marshall was the first black justice to sit on the Supreme Court. |
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1982 |
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P.L.O. leader Yasir Arafat left Beirut for Greece. |
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1983 |
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The space shuttle Challenger blasted off with Guion S. Bluford Jr. aboard. He was the first black American to travel in space.
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1984 |
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan, and several others, were inducted into the Sportscasters Hall of Fame.
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1994 |
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Rosa Parks was robbed and beaten by Joseph Skipper. Parks was known for her refusal to give up her seat on a bus in 1955, which sparked the civil rights movement.
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1146 |
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European leaders outlawed the crossbow. |
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1645 |
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American Indians and the Dutch made a peace treaty at New Amsterdam. New Amsterdam later became known as New York.
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1806 |
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General Benedict Arnold secretly promised to surrender the West Point fort to the British army.
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1645 |
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American Indians and the Dutch made a peace treaty at New Amsterdam. New Amsterdam later became known as New York.
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1928 |
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The Independence of India League was established in India.
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1941 |
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During World War II, the Nazis severed the last railroad link between Leningrad and the rest of the Soviet Union.
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1951 |
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The Philippines and the United States signed a defense pact. |
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1991 |
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The Soviet republic of Azerbaijan declared its independence.
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1999 |
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The residents of East Timor overwhelmingly voted for independence from Indonesia. The U.N. announced the result on September 4.
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1806 |
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New York City's second daily newspaper, the "Daily Advertiser," was published for the last time. |
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1984 |
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The space shuttle Discovery lifted off for the first time. On the voyage three communications satellites were deployed.
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1994 |
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The largest U.S. defense contractor was created when the Lockheed and Martin Marietta corporations agreed to a merger. |
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1956 |
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In Louisianna, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened. |
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1862 |
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The Confederates defeated Union forces at the second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, VA. |
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1960 |
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A partial blockade was imposed on West Berlin by East Germany. |
