| 193:
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Pertinax, Roman Emperor, assassinated by Praetorian guard. Didius Julianus, highest bidder in Praetorian auction, becomes Emperor of Rome
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| 1255:
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Death of Pope Martin IV
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| 1296:
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Beginning of Scots War of Independence
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| 1369:
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Assassination of Pedro, "the Cruel," King of Castile, the first European Monarch who could write, by Henry of Trastamara at Montiel
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| 1380:
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Gunpowder first used in Europe, by the Venetians against the Genoese
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| 1394:
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Opening of St. Mary's College, Winchester, England
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| 1462:
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Vasili II, last Duke of Moscow vassal to the Tatars, dies
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| 1472:
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Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter born
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| 1483:
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Raphael great Italian Renaissance painter. born
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| 1515:
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St. Teresa of Avila born
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| 1592:
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Jan Amos Komensky (Comenius), Moravian educational reformer born
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| 1606:
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Execution of Henry Garner, Jesuit, for complicity in the Gunpowder Plot
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| 1611:
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Adrian Block and Hendrick Christiaensen sail to Manhattan to trade with the Indians
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| 1611:
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Ernest Van De Wall sails from Holland in search of the Northwest Passage
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| 1677:
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Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian engraver, dies at about 70
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| 1797:
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Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patented a washing machine
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| 1834:
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The US Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States
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| 1836:
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Brewer Frederick Pabst born
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| 1842:
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Some musicians from the Imperial Court Orchestra of Austria gave a concert. Otto Nicolai conducted this new ensemble. It was the first concert of the Vienna Philharmonic
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| 1849:
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Frederick William IV of Prussia was elected Emperor of the Germans by the German National Assembly
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| 1854:
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During the Crimean War, Britain and France declared war on Russia
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| 1862:
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Aristide Briand in France, statesman born
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| 1865:
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Outdoor advertising legislation was enacted in New York State. The law banned "painting on stones, rocks or trees."
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| 1868:
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Russian author Maxim Gorky born
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| 1896:
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The opera "Andrea Chenier," by Umberto giordano premiered in Milan, Italy
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| 1899:
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Brewer August Anheuser Busch Jr. born
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| 1903:
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Pianist Rudolf Serkin born
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| 1905:
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Wildlife buff and zookeeper Marlin Perkins was born. (d. 1986.) Perkins, the host of "Wild Kingdom" on TV, started in Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo with a TV show called "Zoo Parade." born
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| 1907:
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Superagent Irving "Swifty" Lazar born
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| 1910:
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The first seaplane took off from Martigues near Marseilles, France, designed by Frenchman Henri Fabre
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| 1914:
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Edmund Muskie, the 1968 democratic vice-presidential candidate born
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| 1915:
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Emma Goldman gave a speech to an audience in New York City which shocked that day's sedate society. The subject was contraception. Goldman was arrested and given a choice of paying $100 fine or going to jail for 15 days. She chose jail
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| 1920:
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Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford are married
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| 1921:
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Actor Dirk Bogarde born
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| 1922:
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Bradley A. Fiske of Washington, D.C., patented a microfilm, reading device
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| 1924:
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Freddie Bartholomew born
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| 1928:
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Former White House national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski born
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| 1930:
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The names of the Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora were changed to Istanbul and Ankara
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| 1939:
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Madrid surrendered to the nationalist forces of Generalissimo Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War
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| 1939:
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Adolf Hitler denounced Germany's 1934 non-aggression pact with Poland
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| 1941:
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Country musician Charlie McCoy born
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| 1941:
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Novelist and critic Virginia Woolf died in Lewes, England. She ended her life by walking into the River Ouse
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| 1941:
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Sportscaster Red Barber and his wife Lila were married
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| 1942:
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ABC News correspondent Bill Greenwood born
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| 1942:
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Movie director Mike Newell ("Four Weddings and a Funeral") born
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| 1942:
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During World War Two, British naval forces raided the Nazi-occupied French port of St. Nazaire
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| 1943:
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Actress Conchata Ferrell born
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| 1943:
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Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff died in Beverly Hills, California
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| 1944:
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Actor Ken Howard born
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| 1944:
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Basketball player-coach Rick Barry born
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| 1945:
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Rock musician Chuck Portz (The Turtles) born
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| 1948:
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Actress Dianne Wiest born
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| 1948:
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Rhythm-and-blues musician Milan Williams (The Commodores) born
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| 1953:
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Athlete Jim Thorpe died in Lomita, California
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| 1955:
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Country singer Reba McEntire born
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| 1963:
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Sonny Werblin announced that the team, the New York Titans of the American Football League
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| 1968:
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Actor Max Perlich born
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| 1968:
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The rock musical "Hair" opened at the Biltmore Theatre in New York City
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| 1969:
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Rapper Salt (Salt-N-Pepa) born
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| 1969:
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, died at 78, in Washington, D.C
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| 1970:
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Actor Vince Vaughn born
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| 1970:
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1,100 people were killed and 3,000 injured when an earthquake struck the town of Gediz in western Anatolia, nearly destroying the town and surrounding villages
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| 1971:
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Rapper Mr. Cheeks (Lost Boyz) born
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| 1974:
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Romanian Communist Party leader Nicolae Ceausescu was elected to the newly created post of president of the Socialist Republic of Romania
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| 1979:
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A failure in the cooling system at the nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania caused a near-meltdown. It was the worst accident ever at an American civilian nuclear facility
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| 1981:
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Actress Julia Stiles born
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| 1982:
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Voters in El Salvador went to the polls for a constituent assembly election that resulted in victory for the Christian Democrats, led by President Jose Napoleon Duarte
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| 1983:
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In Argentine, unionized workers demanding higher wages began a 24-hour general strike, paralyzing the country's industry, commerce and transportation
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| 1985:
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The U.S. Senate approved a resolution urging President Reagan to take retaliatory trade measures against Japan unless the Japanese opened new markets to U.S. goods. The same day, Japan announced it would increase auto exports to the U.S. by 25%
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| 1986:
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi presided over a rally in which he proclaimed victory over the United States in a just-ended confrontation in the Gulf of Sidra
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| 1987:
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Maria von Trapp, whose life inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," died in Morrisville, Vermont, at age 82
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| 1988:
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Richard Gephardt ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination following his third-place finish in the Michigan caucuses
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| 1989:
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President Bush sent three high-ranking officials to Alaska to "take a hard look" at the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound
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| 1990:
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British customs officials announced they had foiled an attempt to supply Iraq with 40 American-made devices for triggering nuclear weapons, following an 18-month investigation by U.S. and British authorities
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| 1991:
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Tens of thousands of supporters of Boris N. Yeltsin marched in Moscow in defiance of President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's ban on rallies
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| 1991:
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Fire seriously damaged the US Embassy in Moscow
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| 1991:
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Former President Reagan declared his support for the so-called "Brady Bill" requiring a seven-day waiting period for handgun purchases
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| 1992:
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Democrats Bill Clinton and Jerry Brown clashed over Brown's flat-tax proposal, with Clinton charging the plan would hurt the poor, and Brown accusing Clinton of inventing "another big lie."
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| 1993:
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Montreal not heard live very often: Stravinsky's "Jeu de cartes," Bizet's "Symphony in C," and the complete ballet music for "Bacchus et Ariane" by Albert Roussel
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| 1993:
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his chief political rival, parliament speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov, claimed victory after surviving attempts by the Russian Congress to oust them
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| 1993:
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About ten-thousand people marched in Dublin, Ireland, to protest an IRA bombing that claimed the lives of two young boys
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| 1993:
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Chinese Premier Li Peng won a second term
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| 1994:
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More than 50 people were killed in violence that erupted in Johannesburg, South Africa, during a march by Zulu nationalists
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| 1994:
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Absurdist playwright Eugen Lonesco died in Paris at age 81
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| 1995:
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In Japan, Mitsubishi Bank and the Bank of Tokyo agreed to a merger to create the world's largest bank
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| 1996:
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Congress passed the line-item veto, giving the president power to cut government spending by scrapping specific programs
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| 1996:
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The space shuttle "Atlantis"' astronauts said goodbye to the crew of Russia's space station "Mir" and then flew away, leaving Shannon Lucid behind for a five-month stay in orbit
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| 1997:
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A medical examiner revealed that some members of the Heaven's Gate cult who'd committed suicide in a California mansion had also been castrated in apparent pursuit of the group's ideal of androgynous immortality
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| 1998:
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President Clinton, during his visit to South Africa, went to Soweto, a landmark in the bloody uprising against apartheid, to honor South Africans "who answered the call of conscience" and defeated their country's system of white supremacy
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| 1999:
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The Baltimore Orioles beat a Cuban all-star team 3-2 in Havana
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| 1999:
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NATO broadened its attacks on Yugoslavia to target Serb military forces in Kosovo in the fifth straight night of airstrikes; thousands of refugees flooded into Albania and Macedonia from Kosovo
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| 1999:
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Venus Williams beat kid sister Serena 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to win the Lipton Championships in the first all-sister women's final in 115 years
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| 2000:
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In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court sharply curtailed police power to rely on anonymous tips to stop and search people
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| 2001:
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A federal appeals court in San Francisco threw out a record $107 million verdict against anti-abortion activists, ruling that a Web site and wanted posters branding abortion doctors "baby butchers'' and criminals were protected by the First Amendment
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| 2001:
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The authors of a book on the Oklahoma City bombing revealed that during prison interviews, Timothy McVeigh had shown no remorse for what happened, and called the 19 children who died "collateral damage.''
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| 2005:
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Zimbabwe church leader calls for uprising against Mugabe
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| 2005:
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Sri Lanka accepts 'One China' policy
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| 2005:
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New Zealand Labour Party announces 'early election' list
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| 2005:
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Australia silent on UN racism committee condemnation
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| 2005:
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Risk of major US shipyard Bath Iron Works closure termed "substantial" by Maine Congressman
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| 2005:
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India may rise as regional power
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| 2005:
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Four Americans die from mine impact in Afghanistan
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| 2005:
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China and Taiwan react to "326" rally
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| 2005:
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IRS goes after eBay sellers
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| 2005:
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Harvard women's hockey loses NCAA title to Minnesota for second straight year
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| 2005:
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First bird flu case reported in North Korea
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| 2005:
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Foreign governments move to aid earthquake region
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| 2005:
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Tsunami fears rise after latest Indonesian temblor
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| 2005:
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Magnitude 8.7 earthquake hits Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
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| 2005:
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Crowded House drummer found dead
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| 2005:
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Bobby Fischer sues US Government from new Icelandic home
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| 2005:
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Motive in Wisconsin church murder-suicide a mystery
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| 2005:
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Freak wave drags funeral party out to sea
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| 2005:
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Space station crew perform successful spacewalk
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| 2005:
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Ireland's smoking ban a success after first year
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| 2005:
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New Kygryz parliament backs Bakiyev, lower house of former parliament steps down
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| 2005:
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Stanford women's basketball knocks three-time champion Connecticut out of NCAA tournament
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| 2005:
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Another arrest in Minnesota school shooting
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| 2005:
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Cure for cat allergies may be close, with help from some mice
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| 2006:
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Australian artist Pro Hart dies
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| 2006:
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Long Beach, CA Redevelopment Agency ends talks for church
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| 2006:
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Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal gets final approval by city Planning Board
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| 2006:
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Former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger dies at 88
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| 2006:
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White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card resigns
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| 2006:
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UK petrol prices rise to five-month high
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| 2006:
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Exit polls suggest Kadima victory in Israeli elections
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| 2006:
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Thai police forward anti-Thaksin PAD accusations to Corruption Commission
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| 2006:
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Beatles' Apple Corps sues Apple Computer
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| 2006:
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Turn up and don't vote, urge anti-Thaksin activists
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| 2006:
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Rivers flood in central Europe
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| 2006:
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5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Tokyo
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| 2006:
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Thousands strike in UK over pensions
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| 2006:
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Thousands rally in Columbus, Ohio, for undocumented immigrants' rights
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| 2006:
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Australia grants temporary asylum to 12 Commonwealth Games athletes
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| 2007:
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Cricket World Cup: Australia vs West Indies
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| 2007:
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School children and teachers taken hostage in Philippines
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| 2007:
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UK freezes business arrangements with Iran; detained sailors and marines shown on TV
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| 2007:
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Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs South Africa
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| 2007:
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Final Harry Potter book's cover art released
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| 2007:
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NHL: Hecht leads Sabres over Devils
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| 2007:
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Major Pakistan newspaper under government pressure
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| 2008:
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Poison drummer Rikki Rockett arrested for rape
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| 2008:
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Woman, 87, raped in her own home in UK
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| 2008:
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Tom Cruise spoofed in film 'Superhero Movie'
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| 2008:
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Russian oil depot burning after explosion
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| 2008:
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Cassini discovers organic material on Saturn moon
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| 2008:
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United States Army suspends ammo contract for Afghan security forces
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| 2008:
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National Hockey League news: March 28, 2008
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| 2008:
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Zimbabwe prepares for election
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| 2008:
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TaiSPO: Interview with Ideal Bike Corporation and Gary Silva
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| 2009:
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Dam in Indonesia bursts, dozens killed
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| 2009:
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Wind-powered land vehicle breaks speed record
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| 2009:
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14 killed in Russian bus-truck collision
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| 2009:
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Dozens of cats removed from feces-ridden New Jersey house
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| 2009:
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Somali pirates seize two European tankers, Seychelles yacht
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| 2009:
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"Freedom Tower" renamed "1 World Trade Center"
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| 2009:
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Manitoba residents receive evacuation flood alerts
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| 2009:
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Courts uphold firing of Pennsylvania cop who lost sense of smell
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| 2010:
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Wikipedia and sister projects prepare new, easier interface
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| 2010:
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Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek gets hero's welcome in hometown
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| 2010:
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Jenson Button wins Australian Grand Prix
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| 2011:
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Sheffield tram-train project back on the rails
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| 2011:
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Battle for Trafalgar Square, London as violence breaks out between demonstrators and riot police
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| 2011:
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British police charge taxi driver with murder
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| 2011:
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Thousands gather in London to protest against government cuts
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| 2011:
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Nottingham Express Transit extensions get Government approval
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| 2012:
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US lottery jackpot tops $500 million, sets world record
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Zoologist, naturalist and host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, Marlin Perkins born in Carthage, Missouri
Stage, television and Academy Award winning film actress, Dianne Wiest born in Kansas City, Missouri
Grammy Award winning country music singer, Reba Nell McEntire born in McAlester, Oklahoma
World renowned mountain climber, author and motivational speaker, Susan Ershler born in Portland, Oregon
Emmy Award winnng songwriter and singer, Lady Gaga born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in New York City