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1983 |
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Rita M. Lavelle, a former Environmental Protection Agency official, was convicted in Washington of perjury and trying to obstruct a congressional inquiry. |
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1991 |
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Shiite Muslim kidnappers pledged to release American hostage Joseph Cicippio within 48 hours. |
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1992 |
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Amy Fisher was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco. |
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1997 |
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Michael Carneal, 14 years old, fired upon a morning prayer group at Heath High School in West Paducah, KY. Three students were killed and five were wounded. Carneal pled guilty but insane and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole for 25 years. |
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1941 |
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In the U.S., the Civil Air Patrol was created. In April 1943 the Civil Air Patrol was placed under the jurisdiction of the Army Air Forces. |
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1981 |
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180 people were killed when a chartered Yugoslav DC9 jetliner crashed into a mountain while approaching Ajaccio Airport in Corsica. |
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1993 |
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In Minnesota, 18 people were killed when a Northwest Airline commuter plane crashed. |
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1973 |
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David Ben-Gurion, the founding father of Israel and its first prime minister, died at the age of 87. |
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1952 |
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In Denmark, it was announced that the first successful sex-change operation had been performed. |
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1913 |
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Ford Motor Co. began using a new movable assembly line that ushered in the era of mass production. |
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1987 |
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NASA announced four companies had been given contracts to help build a space station. The companies were Boeing Aerospace, G. E.'s Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas Aeronautics, and Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International. |
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1998 |
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Exxon announced that it was buying Mobil for $73.7 billion creating the largest company in the world to date. |
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1986 |
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan said he would welcome an investigation of the Iran-Contra affair if it were recommended by the Justice Department. |
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1955 |
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Rosa Parks, a black seamstress in Montgomery, AL, refused to give up her seat to a white man. Mrs. Parks was arrested marking a milestone in the civil rights movement in the U.S. |
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1965 |
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An airlift of refugees from Cuba to the United States began. |
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1919 |
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Lady Astor was sworn in as the first female member of the British Parliament. |
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1925 |
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The Locarno Pact finalized the treaties between World War 1 protagonists. |
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1934 |
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Sergei M. Kirov, a collaborator of Joseph Stalin, was assassinated at the Leningrad party headquarters. |
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1989 |
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Dissidents in the Philippine military launched an unsuccessful coup against Corazon Aquino's government. |
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1990 |
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Iraq accepted a U.S. offer to talk about resolving the Persian Gulf crisis. |
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1991 |
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Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union. |
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1992 |
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin survived an impeachment attempt by hard-liners at the opening of the Russian Congress. |
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Hans Christian Andersen published his first book of fairy tales. |
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1959 |
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12 countries, including the U.S. and USSR, signed a treaty that set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, which would be free from military activity. |
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1984 |
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A remote-controlled Boeing 720 jetliner was deliberately crashed into California's Mojave Desert to test an anti-flame fuel additive. The test proved to be disappointing. |
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1983 |
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Rita M. Lavelle, a former Environmental Protection Agency official, was convicted in Washington of perjury and trying to obstruct a congressional inquiry. |
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1989 |
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East Germany's Parliament abolished the Communist Party's constitutional guarantee of supremacy. |
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1990 |
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British and French workers digging the Channel Tunnel finally met under the English Channel. |
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1909 |
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The Pennsylvania Trust Company, of Carlisle, PA, became the first bank in the in the U.S. to offer a Christmas Club account. |
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1942 |
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In the U.S., nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect. |
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1994 |
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The U.S. Senate gave final congressional approval to the 124-nation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. |
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1913 |
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The first drive-in automobile service station opened, in Pittsburgh, PA. |
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1943 |
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In Teheran, leaders of the United States, the USSR and the United Kingdom met to reaffirm the goal set on October 30, 1943. The previous meeting called for an early establishment of an international organization to maintain peace and security. |
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1969 |
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The U.S. government held its first draft lottery since World War 2. |