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Slobodan Milosevic accused the U.N. war crimes tribunal of an "evil and hostile attack" against him. Milosevic was defending his actions during the Balkan wars. |
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The U.N. Security Council authorized the deployment of a 6,000-member U.N. peace-keeping contingent to assume security responsibilities in Haiti from U.S. forces. |
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1933 |
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"The Lone Ranger" was heard on radio for the first time. The program ran for 2,956 episodes and ended in 1955. |
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1950 |
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NBC-TV debuted "Robert Montgomery Presents." The show lasted for seven seasons. |
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England's King Charles the 1st was beheaded. 1790: The first purpose-built lifeboat was launched on the River Tyne. |
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1889 |
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Rudolph, crown prince of Austria, and his 17-year-old mistress, Baroness Marie Vetsera, were found shot in his hunting lodge at Mayerling, near Vienna. |
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1933 |
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Adolf Hitler was named the German Chancellor. |
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1995 |
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Researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced that clinical trials had demonstrated the effectiveness of the first preventative treatment for sickle cell anaemia. |
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1997 |
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A New Jersey judge ruled that the unborn child of a female prisoner must have legal representation. He denied the prisoner bail reduction to enable her to leave the jail and obtain an abortion. |
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Richard Theodore Greener became the first African American to graduate from Harvard University. 1846: The Australian railway system could be said to have begun at a Sydney meeting, chaired by James Macarthur, which formed the Great and Western Railway, which later became the Sydney Railway Co. 1847: The town of Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco. |
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1911 |
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The first airplane rescue at sea was made by the destroyer "Terry." Pilot James McCurdy was forced to land in the ocean about 10 miles from Havana, Cuba. |
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1958 |
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Yves Saint Laurent, at age 22, held his first major fashion show in Paris. |
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1962 |
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Two members of the "Flying Wallendas" high-wire act were killed when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit, MI. |
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1996 |
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Gino Gallagher, the reputed leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, was shot and killed as he queued for his unemployment benefit. |
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2002 |
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In Los Angeles, 15 students and 3 adults were injured when they were hit by a car. |
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1798 |
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The first brawl in the U.S. House of Representatives took place. Congressmen Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold fought on the House floor. |
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1948 |
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Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu extremist. |
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1979 |
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The civilian government of Iran announced it had decided to allow Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to return. He had been living in exile in France. |
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1989 |
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The U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan was closed. |
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1972 |
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In Northern Ireland, British soldiers shot and killed thirteen Roman Catholic civil rights marchers. The day is known as "Bloody Sunday." |
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1862 |
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The U.S. Navy's first ironclad warship, the "Monitor", was launched. |
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1964 |
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January 30: The U.S. launched Ranger 6. The unmanned spacecraft carried television cameras and was intentionally crash-landed on the moon. The cameras did not return any pictures to Earth. |
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1960 |
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The women’s singles U.S. figure skating championship was won by Carol Heiss. |
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1994 |
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Peter Leko became the world's youngest-ever grand master in chess. |
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1894 |
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C.B. King received a patent for the pneumatic hammer. |
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1910 |
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Work began on the first board-track automobile speedway. The track was built in Playa del Ray, CA. |
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2002 |
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Japan's last coal mine was closed. The closures were due to high production costs and cheap imports. |
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1958 |
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The first two-way moving sidewalk was put in service at Love Field in Dallas, TX. The length of the walkway through the airport was 1,435 feet. |
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1900 |
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The British fighting the Boers in South Africa ask for a larger army. |
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1968 |
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The Tet Offensive began as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals. |
