| 1154:
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Death of Pope Anastasius IV
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| 1368:
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Charles IV, King of France born
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| 1469:
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Death of Piero de'Medici
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| 1557:
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Scots Protestants united by a National Covenant
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| 1564:
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Ivan IV, "the Terrible," and the Russian Royal family leave Moscow
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| 1596:
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Violin maker Nicolo Amati born
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| 1621:
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Galileo invents the telescope
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| 1639:
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Bronx, New York, purchased from the Indians by Jonas Bronck
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| 1729:
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Talented composer Antonio Soler born
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| 1755:
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Presidential portrait painter Gilbert Stuart born
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| 1818:
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Illinois was admitted as the 21st state
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| 1828:
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Andrew Jackson was elected president of the United States
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| 1833:
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Oberlin College in Ohio opened with an enrollment of 29 men and 15 women, the nation's first truly co-educational college
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| 1838:
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U.S. Weather Bureau meteorologist Cleveland Abbe, who initiated daily weather bulletins born
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| 1857:
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English novelist Joseph Conrad born
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| 1883:
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Anton von Webern was born in Vienna. Webern took instructions from Arnold Schoenberg for four years, culminating in the "Passacaglia," Opus 1, a remarkable piece which builds enormous drama in about 11 minutes. born
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| 1894:
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Author Robert Louis Stevenson died in Samoa
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| 1919:
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Singer Sylvia Syms born
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| 1922:
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The first successful Technicolor motion picture, "The Toll of the Sea" was shown at the Rialto Theatre in New York City
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| 1924:
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Prizefighter Jack Sharkey lost his boxing license when the New York State Boxing Commission revoked his boxing card after Sharkey knocked down referee Eddie Purdy during a match
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| 1925:
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Country singer Ferlin Husky (Gone, Wings of a Dove) born
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| 1925:
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The first jazz concerto for piano and orchestra was presented at Carnegie Hall in NYC. Commissioned by Walter Damrosch, American composer, George Gershwin presented "Concerto In F"; and was also the featured soloist playing a flugelhorn in a slow, bluesy style as one of his numbers
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| 1927:
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Singer Andy Williams (Canadian Sunset, Moon River)(some sources 1930) born
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| 1927:
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Soprano Phyllis Curtin born
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| 1929:
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The Ford Motor Co. raised the pay of its employees from six to seven dollars a day despite the collapse of the American stock market
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| 1930:
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French film director Jean-Luc Godard (some sources 1925) born
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| 1931:
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Singer Jaye P. Morgan (That's All I Want From You, The Longest Walk) born
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| 1936:
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Baseball catcher Clay Dalrymple born
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| 1937:
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Racercar driver Bobby Allison (Daytona 500 winner , oldest Daytona 500 winner ) born
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| 1941:
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Actress Mary Alice born
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| 1944:
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Frank Sinatra recorded "Old Man River" for Columbia Records
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| 1947:
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The Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" opened on Broadway, starring Jessica Tandy as Blanche DuBois, Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski and Kim Hunter as Stella Kowalski
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| 1948:
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Rock singer Ozzy Osbourne born
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| 1948:
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The "Pumpkin Papers" came to light as the House Un-American Activities Committee announced that former Communist spy Whittaker Chambers had produced microfilm of secret documents hidden inside a pumpkin on his Maryland farm
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| 1949:
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Singer Mickey Thomas (Alive Alone) born
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| 1949:
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Actress Heather Menzies born
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| 1951:
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Basketball player Mike Bantom born
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| 1951:
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Basketball player Jim Brewer born
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| 1952:
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Baseball player Larry Anderson born
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| 1952:
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Hockey player Bob MacMillan born
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| 1953:
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"Kismet" opened on Broadway in New York. The show ran for 583 performances
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| 1960:
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Actress Daryl Hannah born
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| 1960:
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"Camelot" opened at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. Richard Burton and Julie Andrews played the leading roles in the musical written by Lerner and Loewe. Robert Goulet got rave reviews in the show for his songs, "If Ever I Would Leave You", "Then You May Take Me to the Fair" and "How to Handle a Woman", among others. "Camelot" had a run of 873 performances
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| 1965:
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The National Council of Churches asks the U.S. to halt the massive bombings in North Vietnam
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| 1967:
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Surgeons in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 days with the new heart
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| 1967:
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The "Twentieth Century Limited," the famed luxury train, completed its final run from New York to Chicago
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| 1968:
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Actor Brendan Fraser ("George of the Jungle") born
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| 1968:
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The rules committee of Major League Baseball announced that in 1969 the pitcher's mound would be lowered from 15 to 10 inches in order to "get more batting action."
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| 1968:
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The O'Kaysions received a gold record for the single, "Girl Watche."
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| 1969:
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Actor Royale Watkins ("Built to Last") born
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| 1975:
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Actress Lauren Roman ("All My Children") born
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| 1979:
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Eleven people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum, where the British rock group The Who was performing
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| 1980:
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Actress Anna Chlumsky ("My Girl") born
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| 1981:
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Actor Brian Bonsall born
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| 1983:
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In his final season as head basketball coach of the DePaul Blue Demons, Ray Meyer won game number 700
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| 1984:
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Miss America 1971, wife of the Governor of Kentucky and an heiress to the Kentucky Fried Chicken fortune, Phyllis George signed a multiyear contract with CBS-TV. Her work as coanchor of the "CBS Morning News" began in January 1985
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| 1984:
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More than 4,000 people died after a cloud of gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India
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| 1985:
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The space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to Earth, completing a week-long mission that included the launching of three satellites and experiments involving space construction techniques
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| 1986:
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Saying, "clearly, mistakes were made," Vice President George Bush defended the administration's secret dealings with Iran, and denied knowing anything about the diversion of funds to Nicaraguan rebels
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| 1987:
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Actor Michael Angarano born
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| 1987:
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Four days before his summit with Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to sign a treaty banning intermediate-range nuclear missiles, President Reagan said in an interview with TV network anchormen that there was a reasonably good chance of progress toward a treaty on long-range weapons
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| 1988:
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In South Africa, eleven black funeral mourners were slain in Natal Province in an attack blamed on security forces
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| 1988:
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Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State University won the Heisman Trophy
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| 1989:
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President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev held the second day of their summit talks off Malta aboard the Soviet cruise liner Maxim Gorky; the two leaders then held a joint news conference
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| 1989:
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East German Communist leader Egon Krenz, the ruling Politburo and the party's Central Committee, resigned
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| 1990:
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A Northwest Airlines DC-9 collided on the ground with a Northwest Boeing 727 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, resulting in a fire that claimed eight lives
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| 1990:
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President Bush began a five-nation South American tour as he arrived in Brazil
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| 1991:
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Radicals in Lebanon released American hostage Alann Steen, who'd been held captive nearly five years
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| 1991:
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Embattled White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu resigned; he was succeeded by Samuel K. Skinner
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| 1992:
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The UN Security Council unanimously approved a US-led military mission to help starving Somalia
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| 1992:
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The Greek tanker "Aegean Sea" spilled 21 and a-half million gallons of crude oil when it ran aground at La Coruna, Spain
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| 1993:
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Lewis Thomas, the great science writer, died. Thomas was also a great music fan. One of his books was called "Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony." But his favorite composer was Bach
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| 1993:
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Britain's Princess Diana, saying she was fed up with the media's intrusions into her life, announced she would be limiting her public appearances
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| 1993:
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Angola's government and its rebel foes agreed to a cease-fire in their 18-year war
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| 1994:
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Rebel Serbs in Bosnia failed to keep a pledge to release hundreds of UN peacekeepers, some of whom had been held for more than a week
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| 1994:
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AIDS activist Elizabeth Glaser, who along with her two children were infected with HIV because of a blood transfusion, died in Santa Monica, California, at age 47
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| 1995:
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President Clinton, wrapping up a five-day European trip, authorized a vanguard of 700 American troops to open a risky mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| 1995:
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former South Korean president Chun Doo-hwan was arrested for his role in a 1979 coup that was followed by the most violent crackdown in the nation's history
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| 1996:
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Four people were killed in a subway bombing in southern Paris
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| 1996:
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The Justice Department barred 16 Japanese army veterans suspected of World War Two atrocities from entering the United States
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| 1996:
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A judge in Hawaii ruled that the state had to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, prompting an appeal
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| 1997:
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President Clinton hosted his first town hall meeting on America's race relations in Akron, Ohio
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| 1997:
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South Korea struck a deal with the International Monetary Fund for a record $55 billion bailout of its foundering economy
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| 1998:
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Republicans jettisoned campaign fund-raising from their impeachment inquiry, clearing the way for a historic House Judiciary Committee vote over President Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky and his effort to cover it up
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| 1999:
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Six firefighters died while battling a fire in an abandoned Worcester, Mass., industrial building
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| 1999:
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Scientists failed to make contact with the Mars Polar Lander after it began its fiery descent toward the Red Planet; the spacecraft is presumed destroyed
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| 1999:
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Tori Murden of the United States became the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean alone as she arrived at the French Carribean island of Guadeloupe, 81 days after leaving the Canary Islands near the coast of Africa
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| 1999:
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Billionaire banker Edmond Safra suffocated in a smoke-filled bathroom in his Monaco apartment; American nurse Ted Maher confessed to setting the fire that killed the 67-year-old Safra
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| 1999:
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Oscar-nominated actress Madeline Kahn died at age 57
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| 2005:
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Tennessee town mulls 'stop work order' as construction of controversial grain tanks begins
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| 2005:
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New prince is born in Norway
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| 2005:
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East Timor - Australia problematic billion-dollar gas and oil accord
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| 2005:
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Military admits planting news in Iraq
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| 2005:
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Judge allows student to sue school for revealing sexuality
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| 2005:
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Thousands demand climate change action
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| 2005:
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Compensation funding agreement reached for Australian asbestos victims
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| 2006:
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Russia wins Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
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| 2006:
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Ed Stelmach elected new Alberta premier
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| 2006:
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Chief of Fijian military claims that he is in control of Fiji
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| 2006:
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Former Chilean President Pinochet suffers heart attack
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| 2006:
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Philippine typhoon toll may hit 1,000
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| 2006:
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Rumsfeld memo recognizes need for 'major adjustment' in Iraq
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| 2006:
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Taliban claim: Helicopter in Afghanistan shot down
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| 2006:
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UCLA defeats USC, ends Trojans' BCS title hopes
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| 2007:
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Chinese officials say man dies of H5N1 Avian Flu virus
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| 2007:
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Russian opposition presents alleged evidence of election fraud
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| 2007:
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Kevin Rudd sworn in as Prime Minister of Australia
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| 2007:
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Teacher jailed over teddy bear given pardon
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| 2007:
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New Australian Prime Minister signs Kyoto
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| 2007:
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Bali climate change conference begins
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| 2007:
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Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics
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| 2007:
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Calls for "critical breakthrough" in the opening speeches of Climate Conference in Bali
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| 2007:
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Belgian formation talks: King consults incumbent PM
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| 2007:
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Neste Oil to build world's largest biodiesel plant in Singapore
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| 2007:
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Sefton, UK ex-mayor jailed
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| 2007:
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Venezuela's constitutional reform referendum fails to pass
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| 2007:
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US: Iran nuclear weapons initiative ended in 2003
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| 2007:
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English FA Cup third round draw
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| 2008:
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Car accident was an act of God, says driver
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| 2008:
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Local council in Australia rejects McDonald's development plan
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| 2008:
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.tel top-level domain launched
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| 2008:
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Republican Senator from Georgia wins run-off election
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| 2009:
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UK Government to look again at drink-drive limit
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| 2009:
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UK's oldest museum reopened
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| 2009:
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FIFA to make changes after Thierry Henry handball
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| 2009:
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Iran releases five detained Britons
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| 2009:
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Pakistani prime minister says Osama Bin Laden not in the country
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| 2009:
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At least fifteen killed after suicide bombing in Somali hotel
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| 2010:
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'Critical safety issue' with A380 engines
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| 2010:
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British warship HMS Invincible put up for auction online
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| 2010:
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U.S. Army revives next-generation Ground Combat Vehicle program
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| 2011:
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'Have them all shot': BBC gets 21,000+ complaints over Jeremy Clarkson's public sector striker comments
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Water quality and sanitation pioneer, MIT chemist Ellen Swallow Richards born in Dunstable, Massachusetts
Flour industrialist Charles Alfred Pillsbury born in Warner, New Hampshire
Singer and game show panelist, Jaye P Morgan born in Mancos, Colorado
Award winning singer John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne born in Birmingham, England
Environmentalist and award winning actress Daryl Christine Hannah born in Chicago, Illinois