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1885 |
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Special delivery mail service began in the United States. The first routes were in West Virginia. |
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1896 |
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Rural Free Delivery was established by the U.S. Post Office. |
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2001 |
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San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ban Internet filters designed to keep pornography away from children at city libraries. The board left the decision up to the Library Commission to decide whether to install filtering software in children's areas. A federal law in the U.S. mandated the use of the filters. |
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1984 |
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U.S. Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan announced that he was taking a leave of absence following his indictment on charges of larceny and fraud. He was later acquitted. |
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1993 |
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12-year-old Polly Klaas was abducted from her home in Petaluma, CA, by an intruder. |
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1995 |
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Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine other defendants were convicted in New York of conspiring to attack the U.S. through bombings, kidnappings and assassinations. |
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1996 |
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A federal grand jury indicted Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski in the 1994 mail bomb murder of an ad executive. |
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1998 |
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The U.S. government posted a $2.2 million reward for the capture of Augustin Vasquez Mendoza. He is accused of killing an undercover U.S. agent during a drug purchase in 1994. |
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1992 |
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The USS Saratoga accidentally fired missiles at a Turkish destroyer in the Aegean Sea. Five people were killed in the incident. |
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1987 |
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Eight people were killed in Los Angeles when an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale hit the area. |
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1995 |
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Southwestern Turkey experienced an earthquake that killed about 90 people. |
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1952 |
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"This is Your Life" began airing on NBC-TV. |
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1962 |
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Johnny Carson began hosting the "Tonight" show on NBC-TV. He stayed with the show for 29 years. Jack Paar was the previous host. |
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1968 |
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"Night of the Living Dead" premiered in Pittsburgh, PA. |
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1596 |
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The Duke of Norfolk was imprisoned by Britain's Queen Elizabeth for trying to marry Mary the Queen of Scots. |
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1936 |
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General Francisco Franco was proclaimed the head of the Spanish state. |
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1988 |
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Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the Soviet presidency. |
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1880 |
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Thomas Edison began the commercial production of electric lamps at Edison Lamp Works in Menlo Park. |
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1971 |
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Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, FL. |
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1981 |
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EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) Center opened in Florida. The concept was planned by Walt Disney. |
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1996 |
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Lucent Technologies became an independent company. |
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1781 |
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James Lawrence was born. He was the American naval officer whose dying words were "Don't give up the ship." |
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1989 |
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7,000 East Germans were welcomed into West Germany after they were allowed to leave by the communist government. |
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1999 |
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The 50th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China was celebrated in Beijing. |
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1800 |
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Spain ceded the territory of Louisiana back to France. Later the property would be purchased by the U.S. effectively doubling its size. |
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1964 |
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The Free Speech Movement was started at the University of California at Berkeley. |
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1972 |
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The Chinese government approved friendly relations with the United States. |
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1979 |
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The United States handed control of the Canal Zone over to Panama. |
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1990 |
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U.S. President H.W. Bush addressed the U.N. General Assembly and once again condemned Iraq's takeover of Kuwait. |
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1990 |
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In Croatia, minority Serbs proclaimed autonomy. |
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1991 |
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U.S. President Bush condemned the military coup in Haiti that removed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from power. U.S. economic and military aid was suspended. |
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1991 |
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The U.S. trust territory of Palau became independent. |
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1994 |
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The U.S. and Japan avoided a trade war by reaching a series of trade agreements. |
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1980 |
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Robert Redford became the first male to appear alone on the cover of "Ladies' Home Journal." He was the only male to achieve this in 97 years. |
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1989 |
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The authorized Charles Schulz biography, Good Grief, was published. |
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1903 |
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The first modern World Series took place between the Boston Pilgrims and the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
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1933 |
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Babe Ruth made his final pitching appearance. He pitched all nine innings and hit a home run in the 5th inning. |
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1946 |
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The first baseball play-off game for a league championship was played. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-2. |
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1961 |
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Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season to beat Babe Ruth's major league record of 60. |
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1994 |
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The National Hockey League (NHL) team owners began a lockout of the players that lasted 103 days. |
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1890 |
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The U.S. Congress passed the McKinley Tariff Act. The act raised tariffs to a record level. |
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1992 |
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The Strategic Arm Reduction Treaty was approved by the U.S. Senate. |
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1908 |
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The Model T automobile was introduced by Henry Ford. The purchase price of the car was $850. |
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1940 |
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened as the first toll superhighway in the United States. |
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1918 |
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Damascus was captured from the Turks during World War I by a force made up of British and Arab forces. |
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1938 |
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German forces enter Czechoslovakia and seized control of the Sudetenland. The Munich Pact had been signed two days before. |
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1943 |
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Naples was captured by the Allied forces during World War 2. |
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1946 |
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The International War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg sentenced 12 Nazi officials to death. Seven others were sentenced to prison terms and 3 were acquitted. |
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1949 |
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Mao Tse-tung raised the first flag of the People's Republic of China when the communist forces had defeated the Nationalists. The Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan. |
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1985 |
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The PLO's headquarters in Tunisia was raided by Israeli jet fighters. |