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Viacom Inc. announced that it had plans to buy CBS Corp. |
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G. Gordon Liddy was released from prison. He had been incarcerated for more than four years for his involvement in the Watergate conspiracy. |
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1992 |
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28 people African National Congress supporters were killed and 200 were wounded when fired upon by troops in South Africa. |
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1999 |
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The White House announced that 12 jailed members of the Puerto Rican independence group Armed Forces of National Liberation had accepted a clemency offer proposed by U.S. President Clinton. |
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1966 |
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The final episode of the original "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was aired on CBS-TV. |
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1971 |
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"The Beverly Hillbillies" was seen for the final time on CBS-TV. |
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1979 |
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ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, made its debut on cable TV. |
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Queen Elizabeth I, of England, was born in Greenwich. |
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1986 |
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President Augusto Pinochet survived an assassination attempt made by guerrillas. |
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1888 |
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Edith Eleanor McLean became the first baby to be placed in an incubator. |
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1896 |
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A.H. Whiting won the first automobile race held on a racetrack. The race was held in Cranston, RI. |
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1921 |
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Margaret Gorman of Washington, DC, was crowned the first Miss America in Atlantic City, NJ. |
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1822 |
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Brazil declared its independence from Portugal. |
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1995 |
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U.S. Senator Bob Packwood announced that he would resign after 27 years in the Senate. |
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1813 |
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The nickname "Uncle Sam" was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States. The reference appeared in an editorial in the New York's Troy Post. |
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1930 |
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The cartoon "Blondie" made its first appearance in the comic strips. |
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1986 |
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Desmond Tutu was the first black to be installed to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa. |
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1963 |
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The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, OH. |
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1986 |
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Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins threw his 100th career touchdown pass, in only his 44th NFL game, which set a NFL record. |
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1998 |
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Mark McGwire set a new major league baseball record for most homeruns hit in a single season. The previous record was 61 set in 1961. |
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2001 |
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Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) became the only the fifth player in major league baseball history to hit 60 home runs in a season.
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1880 |
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George Ligowsky was granted a patent for his device that threw clay pigeons for trapshooters. |
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1927 |
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Philo T. Farnsworth succeeded in transmitting an image through purely electronic means by using an image dissector. |
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1860 |
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American painter Anna Mary (Robertson Moses) was born in New York. Today it is known as "Grandma Moses Day." |
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1977 |
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The Panama Canal treaties were signed by U.S. President Carter and General Omar Torrijos Herrera. The treaties called for the U.S. to turn over control of the canal's waterway to Panama in the year 2000. |
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1989 |
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Legislation was approved by the U.S. Senate that prohibited discrimination against the handicapped in employment, public accommodations, transportation and communications. |
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1984 |
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American Express Co. issued the first of its Platinum charge cards. |
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Napoleon defeated the Russian army of Alexander I at the battle of Borodino. |
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The Boxer Rebellion began in China ending the Peace of Beijing. |
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1940 |
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London received its initial rain of bombs from Nazi Germany during World War II. |
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1942 |
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During World War II, the Russian army counter attacked the German troops outside the city of Stalingrad. |
