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Postmaster General Alexander Williams Randall approved a standard uniform for postal carriers. |
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1959 |
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Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine from Fort Worth, TX, announced that he would never return to the U.S. At the time he was in Moscow, Russia. |
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1992 |
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In Liberia, it was announced that five American nuns had been killed near Monrovia. Rebels loyal to Charles Taylor were blamed for the murders. |
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1997 |
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Louise Woodward, British au pair, was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen. She was released after her sentence was reduced to manslaughter. |
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1952 |
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The U.S. detonated its first hydrogen bomb. |
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1983 |
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The U.S. Defense Department acknowledged that during the U.S. led invasion of Grenada, that a U.S. Navy plane had mistakenly bombed a civilian hospital. |
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1994 |
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68 people were killed when an American Eagle ATR-72, plunged into a northern Indiana farm. |
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1999 |
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EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the coast of Nantucket, MA, killing all 217 people aboard. |
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1956 |
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Rear Admiral G.J. Dufek become the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole. Dufek also became the first person to set foot on the South Pole. |
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1887 |
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Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek was born. He was the first constitutional President of the Republic of China. |
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1922 |
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Benito Mussolini became prime minister of Italy. |
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1941 |
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Mount Rushmore was declared complete after 14 years of work. At the time the 60-foot busts of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln were finished. |
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1955 |
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Britain's Princess Margaret announced she would not marry Royal Air Force Captain Peter Townsend. |
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1961 |
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In the Soviet Union, the body of Joseph Stalin was removed from Lenin's Tomb where it was on public display. |
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1984 |
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Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated near her residence by two Sikh security guards. Her son, Rajiv, was sworn in as prime minister. |
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1969 |
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Wal-Mart Discount City stores were incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
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2001 |
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Microsoft and the U.S. Justice Department reached a tentative agreement to settle the antitrust case againt the software company.
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1860 |
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Juliette Low, the founder off the Girl Scouts, was born. |
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1926 |
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Magician Harry Houdini died of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix. His appendix had been damaged twelve days earlier when he had been punched in the stomach by a student unexpectedly. During a lecture Houdini had commented on the strength of his stomach muscles and their ability to withstand hard blows. |
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1993 |
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River Phoenix died at the age of 23 after collapsing outside The Viper Room in Hollywood. |
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1864 |
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Nevada became the 36th state to join the U.S. |
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1954 |
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The Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) began a revolt against French rule. |
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1981 |
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Antiqua and Barbuda became independent of Great Britain. |
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1998 |
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Iraq announced that it was halting all dealings with U.N. arms inspectors. The inspectors were investigating the country's weapons of mass destruction stemming from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. |
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1517 |
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Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church. The event marked the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
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1999 |
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Leaders from the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church signed the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. The event ended a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of faith and salvation. |
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1993 |
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The play "Wonderful Tennessee" closed after only 9 performances. |
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1914 |
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The Ottoman Empire (Turkey) joined the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria). |
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1940 |
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The British air victory in the Battle of Britain prevented Germany from invading Britain. |
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1941 |
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The U.S. Navy destroyer Reuben James was torpedoed by a German submarine near Iceland. The U.S. had not yet entered World War II. More than 100 men were killed. |
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1968 |
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U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. |
