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Julius Caesar leads his army across the Rubicon, plunging Rome into civil war
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| 314:
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Death of St. Militiades, Pope
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| 347:
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Theodosius I, the Great, Spain, Roman emperor born
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| 529:
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Death of St. Theodosius
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| 705:
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Death of Pope John VI
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| 1153:
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Death of David I, King of Scotland
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| 1254:
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An Armenian monk attempts to baptize the KaKhan of the Mongols
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| 1503:
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Francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist born
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| 1569:
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First lottery is held in England, at St. Paul's Cathedral
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| 1757:
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The first secretary of the US Treasury -- Alexander Hamilton -- He was born in the West Indies. born
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| 1770:
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The first shipment of rhubarb was sent to the United States from London. Benjamin Franklin sent the plant to his buddy, John Bartram in Philadelphia
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| 1785:
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The Continental Congress convened in New York City
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| 1805:
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The Michigan Territory was created
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| 1807:
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Ezra Cornell, founder of Western Union Telegraph company and Cornell University born
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| 1813:
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The first pineapples are planted in Hawaii
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| 1815:
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Sir John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada, He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. born
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| 1839:
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Puerto Rican patriot Eugenio De Hostos born
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| 1842:
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Psychologist and philosopher William James born
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| 1843:
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Francis Scott Key, poet of "The Star-Spangled Banner," dies in Baltimore
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| 1861:
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Alabama secedes from the Union
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| 1862:
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Lincoln accepts Simon Cameron's resignation as Secretary of War
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| 1863:
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Bizet's music was first performed in public. He described it as "badly played, badly heard."
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| 1878:
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Milk was delivered in glass bottles for the first time by one Alexander Campbell, in New York
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| 1885:
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Women's rights activist Alice Paul (founder of National Women's Party in 1913) born
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| 1890:
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Actor Monte Blue (Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm, Thunder Pass, Song of the Gringo, Wagon Wheels, So This is Paris, Orphans of the Storm) born
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| 1902:
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"Popular Mechanics" magazine was published for the first time
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| 1903:
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South African novelist Alan Paton ("Cry the Beloved Country") born
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| 1904:
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British troops massacre 1,000 dervishes in Somaliland
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| 1910:
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Baseball pitcher Schoolboy (Lynwood Thomas) Rowe born
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| 1912:
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Roger Lewis, aviation executive born
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| 1913:
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The first sedan-type car was unveiled at the National Automobile Show in New York City. The car was manufactured by the Hudson Motor Company
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| 1923:
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Auto racer Carroll Shelby born
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| 1924:
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Singer Don Cherry (Band of Gold) born
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| 1925:
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Aaron Copland's jazzy, dissonant Organ Symphony was performed in New York. The Organ Symphony's outer movements are a little hard on the ears even today. But the middle movement, a scherzo, is jumpy, fun music, well worth hearing
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| 1926:
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Producer Grant Tinker born
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| 1928:
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Producer David L. Wolper born
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| 1929:
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Actor Rod Taylor (The Birds, Masquerade, The Time Machine) some sources list 1930 born
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| 1929:
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Turkey adopts the European metric system
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| 1929:
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In the Soviet Union, the Bolsheviks reduce the work day to seven hours
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| 1934:
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The prime minister of Canada, Jean Chretien born
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| 1934:
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The German police raid the homes of dissident clergy in Berlin
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| 1935:
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Aviator Amelia Earhart began a trip from Honolulu to Oakland, California, that made her the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean
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| 1938:
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The first woman bank president, Frances Moulton, assumed her duties in Limerick, Maine
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| 1940:
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Charles Edison, son of the inventor, is appointed as Secretary of the Navy
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| 1942:
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Rock musician Clarence Clemons (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) born
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| 1942:
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Japan declared war against the Netherlands, the same day that Japanese forces invaded the Dutch East Indies
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| 1943:
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Radio host Jim Hightower born
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| 1943:
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The United States and Britain signed treaties relinquishing extraterritorial rights in China
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| 1945:
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Actress Christine Kaufmann (Bagdad Cafe, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Taras Bulba, The Last Days of Pompeii) born
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| 1946:
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Country singer Naomi (Diane) Judd born
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| 1948:
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Truman proposes free, two-year community colleges for all who want an education
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| 1949:
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Singer Dennis (Frederick) Greene (Group Roll is Here to Stay!, The Golden Age of Rock `n' Roll) born
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| 1952:
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Golfer Ben Crenshaw born
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| 1958:
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Musician Guitar Vicki Peterson (Group; The Bangles like an Egyptian, Manic Monday) born
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| 1958:
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Lloyd Bridges starred as Mike Nelson, an ex-Navy frogman who became an underwater trouble shooter in "Seahunt" on CBS-TV. The show remained on the network for four years
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| 1962:
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Actress Kim Coles ("Living Single") born
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| 1964:
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US Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first government report saying smoking may be hazardous to one's health
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| 1964:
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Some Picasso works that have never been seen before go on exhibit in Toronto
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| 1965:
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The Interagency Council on Smoking Health says 125,000 Americans will die from cigarettes in 1965 alone
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| 1969:
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Rhythm-and-blues singer Maxee Maxwell (Brownstone) born
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| 1971:
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Singer Mary J. Blige born
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| 1971:
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Musician Tom Rowlands (The Chemical Brothers) born
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| 1972:
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Actress Amanda Peet born
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| 1973:
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Owners of American League baseball teams voted to adopt the designated-hitter rule on a trial basis
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| 1977:
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France set off an international uproar by releasing Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics
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| 1978:
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Two Soviet cosmonauts aboard the "Soyuz 27" capsule linked up with the "Salyut Six" orbiting space station, where the "Soyuz 26" capsule was already docked
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| 1979:
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Surgeon general's report leaves no doubt that smoking causes lung cancer
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| 1980:
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Honda to build Japan's first U.S. passenger-car assembly plant in Ohio
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| 1987:
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The Denver Broncos edged the Cleveland Browns 23-to-20 in overtime and the New York Giants trounced the Washington Redskins 17-0, sending the two winning teams to the Super Bowl
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| 1988:
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Vice President George Bush met with representatives of independent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh to answer questions about the Iran-Contra affair
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| 1988:
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The Soviet Union announced it would participate in the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics
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| 1988:
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World War Two flying ace Gregory "Pappy" Boyington died in Fresno, California, at age 75
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| 1988:
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At the 24th Annual People's Choice Awards "ER" was chosen favorite TV drama series for the fourth straight year and Seinfeld was chosen the favorite comedy for the third year running
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| 1989:
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President Reagan bade the nation farewell in an address from the Oval Office
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| 1990:
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Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev visited Lithuania, where he sought to assure supporters of independence that they would have a say in their republic's future
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| 1990:
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Martial law, imposed during the June 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement, was lifted in Beijing
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| 1991:
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The United States and Iraq intensified their rhetoric, with Secretary of State James A. Baker the Third telling Air Force pilots in Saudi Arabia, "We pass the brink at midnight January 15," and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein boasting of his army's readiness
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| 1992:
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The president of Algeria (Chadli Bendjedid) resigned, two weeks after Muslim fundamentalists had defeated his ruling party in legislative elections
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| 1993:
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Andrew Davis and the BBC Philharmonic recorded a whole bunch of brief Delius pieces for Teldec. It included a piece called "Paris" and another called "Walk to the Paradise Garden."
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| 1993:
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Former independent presidential candidate Ross Perot publicly returned to politics, recruiting Americans for a watchdog group which, he told CNN, would counter special interests that were preventing government reform and deficit reduction
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| 1994:
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NATO leaders concluded a two-day summit in Belgium by warning Bosnian Serbs of their willingness to order bombing raids in former Yugoslavia to relieve embattled Muslim enclaves. President Clinton, who attended the summit, then traveled to the Czech Republic for a short visit
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| 1995:
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52 people were killed when a Colombian airliner crashed as it was preparing to land near the Caribbean resort of Cartagena; a nine-year-old girl survived
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| 1995:
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Fifty-two people were killed when a Colombian airliner crashed as it was preparing to land near the Caribbean resort of Cartagena; a nine-year-old girl survived
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| 1995:
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President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama held a low-key summit in Washington, playing down differences over trade
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| 1996:
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Addressing pointed questions about the first lady, President Clinton offered a rousing defense of his wife, Hillary, during a news conference
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| 1996:
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The space shuttle "Endeavour" blasted off on a nine-day mission
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| 1996:
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Ryutaro Hashimoto was chosen the new prime minister of Japan
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| 1996:
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Funeral services were held for former French president Francois Mitterrand
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| 1997:
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President Clinton summoned top administration officials to a daylong planning session for his second term
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| 1997:
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An earthquake of magnitude seven-point-three shook Mexico City and the southern part of Mexico, but no deaths were reported
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| 1998:
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The Denver Broncos beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 24-to-21, to win the American Football Conference Championship; the Green Bay Packers defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 23-to-10, to claim the National Football Conference Championship
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| 1998:
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Utility workers and the National Guard struggled to clear roads and restore electric power to thousands of people in New England and New York state as cold weather descended on the battered region. Storms blamed on El Nino hammered the area with three days of freezing rain
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| 1998:
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Hundreds of prisoners rioted at a jail in southwest Colombia and by nightfall they were still holding 567 visitors hostage, most of them women, after freeing 18 hostages earlier in the day. The prisoners were calling for improvements in squalid jail conditions
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| 1998:
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Two Spanish lovers were literally caught with their pants down at church Sunday when members of a stunned congregation surprised them in the throes of passion. "They weren't actually having sex but the girl's trousers were down around her ankles and they were very touchy-feely," a police spokesman in the northern Spanish city of Valladolid said. The man was detained when he resisted police efforts to stop what the spokesman called "obscene acts."
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| 1999:
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President Clinton and House Republicans clashed in impeachment trial papers, with the White House claiming the perjury and obstruction allegations fell short of high crimes and misdemeanors and GOP lawmakers rebutting: "If this is not enough, what is?"
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| 2000:
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Whittling away more of the federal government's power over states, the US Supreme Court ruled, 5-to-4, that state employees cannot go into federal court to sue over age bias
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| 2000:
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Carlton Fisk and Tony Perez were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
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| 2005:
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Jobs unveils new products after cloud of secrecy and lawsuits
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| 2005:
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Third case of BSE reported in Canada
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| 2005:
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Bush nominates Chertoff for new Secretary of Homeland Security
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| 2005:
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Mamdouh Habib to be released from Guantanamo Bay without charge
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| 2006:
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Whole Foods moves to renewable energy
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| 2006:
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Former NSA employee alleges illegal spying
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| 2006:
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Chinese block of Wikimedia enters tenth week
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| 2006:
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Smoke reported on London Underground
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| 2006:
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Ukraine hurt by Russian gas deal
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| 2006:
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Comet Wild samples near home
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| 2006:
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Seven-year old Tennessee boy chased by police
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| 2006:
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Opera Singer Birgit Nilsson, 87 was buried today
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| 2006:
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Apple unveils new Intel-based Mac
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| 2006:
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UN warns neighbours of Turkey about bird flu
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| 2006:
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Stars pose for ITV ice-skating show (UK)
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| 2007:
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Canadian sextuplets could get blood transfusion, religion forbids it
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| 2007:
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Large blizzard sweeps through British Columbia, Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan
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| 2007:
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Ontario, Canada byelections announced
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| 2007:
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Bank of England raises interest rates
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| 2007:
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CBS blog criticizes stations' coverage of Tigger incident
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| 2007:
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US House votes Federal minimum wage increase
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| 2007:
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Bush unveils America's new Iraq plan
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| 2008:
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Hamas leader criticizes Bush's Middle East visit
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| 2008:
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Hezbollah network Al-Manar available to wider international audience
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| 2008:
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Opposition calls for mass rallies across Kenya
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| 2008:
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Snow falls in Baghdad for first time in 100 years
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| 2008:
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Mexican senator Andrés Henestrosa dies at 101
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| 2008:
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KDE 4 desktop environment released
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| 2008:
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FC Bayern Munich sign Jürgen Klinsmann as new coach
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| 2008:
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Sir Edmund Hillary dead at 88
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| 2008:
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Televised press conference Sunday to announce Golden Globes winners
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| 2009:
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Waves of arrests in Turkey on suspicion of involvement in 'Ergenekon' organization
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| 2009:
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Too Grimm? Mother Goose cartoonist sued by Colombian coffee growers
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| 2009:
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US salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, brand recalls product
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| 2009:
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UN Security Council passes Gaza ceasefire resolution
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| 2009:
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Cristiano Ronaldo crashes Ferrari at Manchester Airport
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| 2010:
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Illinois high school boys basketball: Benet beats Carmel after losing previous close games
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| 2010:
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US Senate Majority leader Harry Reid criticized over "Negro" comments
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| 2010:
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NFL Playoffs: Cardinals thrill Packers in overtime
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| 2010:
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United Airlines flight makes emergency landing at Newark Airport
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| 2010:
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Health expert: Swine flu outbreak exaggerated by pharmaceutical companies for profits
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| 2010:
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French Guiana and Martinique reject referendum for increased autonomy
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| 2010:
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Angolan police arrest two after attack on Togo football team
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| 2011:
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Moon water possibly originated from comets, data shows
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| 2011:
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'Brakes failed': fourteen killed in Guatemala bus crash
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| 2012:
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US Coast Guard rescues Iranian ship
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Original author of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, activist and suffragette, Alice Stokes Paul born in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey
Author and chemist who discovered the psychoactive properties of LSD, Albert Hoffman born in Baden, Switzerland
Nurse, songwriter and Grammy award winning singer, Naomi Judd born in Ashland, Kentucky
Grammy Award winning singer, Mary J. Blige born in Bronx, New York
Social activist, stage and screen actress, Amanda Peet born in New York City
Olympic Gold Medalist softball player, Lovieanne Jung born in Honolulu, Hawaii