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In west Beirut, the massacre of hundreds of Palestinian men, women and children began in refugee camps of the Lebanese Christian militiamen. |
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In Volgodnosk, Russia, a bomb in an apartment killed at least 17 people. Chechen militants seeking independence from Russia were suspected as the planners. |
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1941 |
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"The Arkansas Traveler" debuted on CBS Radio. The show was later renamed "The Bob Burns Show." |
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1953 |
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"The Robe" premiered at the Roxy Theater in New York. It was the first movie filmed in the wide screen CinemaScope process. |
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1963 |
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"The Outer Limits" premiered on ABC-TV. |
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1965 |
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"The Dean Martin Show" debuted on NBC-TV. |
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1968 |
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"The Andy Griffith Show" was seen for the final time on CBS.
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1972 |
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"The Bob Newhart Show" premiered on CBS-TV. |
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Owain Glyndwr was proclaimed Prince of Wales after rebelling against English rule. He was the last Welsh-born Prince of Wales. |
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A federal judge in Washington dismissed the Iran-Contra charges against Oliver North. |
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The Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England. The ship arrived at Provincetown, MA, on November 21st and then at Plymouth, MA, on December 26th. There were 102 passengers onboard. |
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The "Cherokee Strip" in Oklahoma was swarmed by hundreds of thousands of settlers. |
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1974 |
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U.S. President Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for draft-evaders and deserters during the Vietnam War. |
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1998 |
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Meryl Streep received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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1940 |
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Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas was elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He served for 17 years. |
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1985 |
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The Communist Party in China announced changes in leadership that were designed to bring younger officials into power. |
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1990 |
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An eight-minute videotape of an address by U.S. President H.W. Bush was shown on Iraqi television. The message warned that action of Saddam Hussein could plunge them into a war "against the world." |
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1998 |
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Universal paid $9 million for the rights to the Dr. Seuss classics "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Oh, the Places You'll Go." |
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1976 |
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The Episcopal Church formally approved women to be ordained as priests and bishops. |
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1994 |
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Two astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery went on the first untethered spacewalk in 10 years. |
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1924 |
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Jim Bottomley knocked in 12 runs in a single game setting a major league baseball record. |
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1953 |
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The St. Louis Browns of the American League were given permission to move to Baltimore, MD, where they became the Baltimore Orioles. |
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1988 |
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Tom Browning pitched the 12th perfect game in major league baseball. |
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1919 |
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Marvin Middlemark was born. He was the inventor of the rabbit ears TV antenna. |
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1987 |
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The Montreal Protocol was signed by 24 countries in an effort to save the Earth's ozone layer by reducing emissions of harmful chemicals by the year 2000. |
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The Great Seal of the United States was impressed on document to negotiate a prisoner of war agreement with the British. It was the first official use of the impression. |
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1940 |
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U.S. President Roosevelt signed into law the Selective Training and Service Act, which set up the first peacetime military draft in U.S. history. |
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The village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston. |
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1994 |
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Exxon Corporation was ordered by federal jury to pay $5 billion in punitive damages to the people harmed by the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. |
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1908 |
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General Motors was founded by William Crapo "Billy" Durant. The company was formed by merging the Buick and Olds car companies. |
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The Mexicans began a revolt against Spanish rule. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest of Spanish descent, declared Mexico's independence from Spain in the small town of Dolores. |
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