| 1221:
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Jacques de Vitry writes to Pope Honorius III about "King David" (the KaKhan of the Mongols)
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| 1318:
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Cornerstone laid for a monastery endowed by Othon de Grandson
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| 1417:
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Frederick of Hohenzollern invested as Elector of Brandenburg
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| 1454:
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Venice signs a treaty with the Turks
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| 1479:
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Reconstruction of the Japanese Imperial Palace begins, after it, and the city of Kyoto were destroyed in a Civil War
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| 1480:
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Italian duchess Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, born
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| 1504:
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Filippino Lippi, Renaissance Florentine painter, dies
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| 1506:
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Foundation stone for the new St. Peter's Basilica laid in Rome
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| 1587:
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John Foxe, preacher, writer (Book of Martyrs), dies
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| 1605:
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Composer Giacomo Carissimi, near Roma born
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| 1636:
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Death of Sir Julius Caesar, English barrister
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| 1775:
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American patriot Paul Revere began his famed ride through the Massachusetts countryside, crying out "The British are coming!" to rally the Minutemen
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| 1819:
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Franz von Suppe was born in the Croatian seaport of Split . Von Suppe became a well-known conductor and composer for the theater. The most popular von Suppe works are the "Poet and Peasant" and "Light Cavalry" overtures
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| 1846:
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The telegraph ticker was patented by R.E. House of New York City
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| 1857:
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Lawyer Clarence Darrow born
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| 1868:
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San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed
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| 1869:
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1st International Cricket Match, held in San Francisco, won by California
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| 1880:
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Tornado kills 99 in Marshfield, Missouri
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| 1882:
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Symphony conductor Leopold Stokowski born
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| 1895:
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New York State passed an act that established free public baths. They were to be open 14 hours a day and provide hot and cold water
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| 1906:
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A devastating earthquake struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires. About 700 people died. It lasted 48 seconds and registered 8.25 on the Richter Scale, qualifying as America's worst ever earthquake
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| 1907:
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Movie composer Miklos Rozsa born
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| 1921:
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Junior Achievement, created to encourage business skills in young people, was incorporated
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| 1922:
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Actress Barbara Hale born
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| 1923:
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The first game was played in Yankee Stadium. The Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox, 4-1. Fred Lieb of the New York Evening Telegraph dubbed the stadium as "The House that Ruth built," and the name stuck
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| 1924:
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Blues singer Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown born
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| 1930:
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Actor Clive Revill born
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| 1934:
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Actor James Drury born
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| 1934:
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The first coin-operated laundry (called a "washateria") was opened by J.F. Cantrell in Fort Worth, Texas
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| 1937:
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Actor Robert Hooks born
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| 1942:
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An air squadron from the USS "Hornet" led by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities
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| 1942:
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The first World War II edition of The Stars and Stripes was published as a weekly newspaper for U.S. troops in Northern Ireland. (It became a daily paper the following November.)
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| 1944:
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Leonard Bernstein's ballet "Fancy Free" - about sailors on shore leave - was premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The music was so well-received that Bernstein reworked the material into a musical called "On the Town."
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| 1945:
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Famed American war correspondent Ernie Pyle, 44, was killed by Japanese gunfire on the Pacific island of Ie Shima, off Okinawa
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| 1946:
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Actress Hayley Mills born
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| 1946:
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The League of Nations went out of business. All of its assets were handed over to the United Nations
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| 1947:
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Actor James Woods born
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| 1947:
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Country musician Walt Richmond (The Tractors) born
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| 1947:
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Actress-director Dorothy Lyman born
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| 1947:
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Actress Cindy Pickett born
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| 1949:
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The Republic of Ireland formally declared itself independent from Britain. With the Republic of Ireland Act Southern Ireland came into being
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| 1954:
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Actor Rick Moranis born
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| 1955:
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Physicist Albert Einstein died in Princeton, New Jersey
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| 1956:
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Actress Melody Thomas Scott ("The Young and the Restless") born
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| 1956:
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Actor Eric Roberts born
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| 1956:
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Actor John James born
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| 1956:
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Actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco in a civil ceremony. (A church wedding took place the next day.)
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| 1958:
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Rock musician Les Pattinson (Echo and the Bunnymen) born
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| 1960:
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Actor Eric McCormack ("Will and Grace") born
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| 1960:
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The Mutual Broadcasting System was sold to the 3M Company of Minnesota for $1.25 million. Previously, the network had been owned by MONY (Mutual of New York)
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| 1963:
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Talk show host Conan O'Brien born
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| 1963:
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Actress Jane Leeves born
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| 1966:
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Bill Russell was named player-coach of the Boston Celtics, the first African-American coach in the National Basketball Association
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| 1967:
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Actress Maria Bello ("E-R") born
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| 1970:
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Rock musician Craig Eklund (Everclear) born
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| 1974:
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The Washington District Court conducting the Watergate proceedings issued a subpoena on President Richard M. Nixon to produce tape recordings and other material demanded by the Special Prosecutor
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| 1976:
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Actress Melissa Joan Hart ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") born
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| 1978:
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The U.S. Senate voted 68-32 to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on Dec. 31, 1999
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| 1980:
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Rhodesia became the independent nation of Zimbabwe as the British flag was lowered at a ceremony in Salisbury
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| 1983:
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62 people, including 17 Americans, were killed at the US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, by a suicide bomber
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| 1983:
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Pulitzer Prizes went to Alice Walker for her novel "The Color Purple" and Marsha Norman for her play "'night, Mother."
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| 1984:
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Two unarmed U.S. Army helicopters, one of them carrying two American senators, made forced landings after coming under fire on a flight over Honduras near the border with El Salvador
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| 1985:
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Amid controversy over his plans to visit a German military cemetery, President Reagan told news editors in Washington that the German soldiers had been "victims" of the Nazis "just as surely as the victims in the concentration camps.""
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| 1986:
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A Titan rocket carrying a secret military payload exploded seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
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| 1987:
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President Reagan used his weekly radio address to express hope the superpowers could reach an agreement to sharply reduce the threat of intermediate-range nuclear weapons
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| 1988:
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An Israeli court convicted John Demjanjuk, a retired auto worker from Cleveland, of committing war crimes at the Treblinka death camp more than 40 years earlier. (Israel's Supreme Courtl later overturned Demjanjuk's conviction.)
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| 1989:
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Thousands of Chinese students demanding democracy tried to storm Communist Party headquarters in Beijing
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| 1990:
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The Soviet Union shut off a pipeline that supplied the rebellious republic of Lithuania with crude oil ; a day later, the Soviets severely reduced the flow of natural gas
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| 1990:
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states may make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home
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| 1991:
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President Bush unveiled his America 2000 education strategy, which included a voluntary nationwide exam system and aid pegged to academic results
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| 1991:
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The Census Bureau estimated its 1990 census had failed to count up to 6.3 million people
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| 1991:
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Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev ended his summit in Japan without winning the major aid package he'd been hoping for
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| 1992:
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Serbia issued a protest to the United States, accusing Washington of siding with Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia in the Yugoslav crisis
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| 1992:
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Democrat Jerry Brown met with black leaders in Philadelphia while front-runner Bill Clinton visited a Phillies-Pirates ballgame as the two courted Pennsylvania primary voters
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| 1993:
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The government of Bosnia-Herzegovina agreed to a truce, effectively relinquishing besieged Srebrenica. Meanwhile, Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic threatened to boycott further U.N. peace talks if tougher U.N. sanctions were implemented
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| 1994:
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Former President Nixon suffered a stroke at his home in Park Ridge, New Jersey, and was taken to New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center; he died four days later
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| 1994:
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The Federal Reserve boosted short-term interest rates for the third time in 1994, from 3.5 to 3.75 percent
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| 1995:
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President Clinton held a prime-time news conference in which he said he was satisfied that he remained relevant in a Republican-dominated capital, and challenged Congress to send him an acceptable welfare bill
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| 1995:
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Quarterback Joe Montana retired from professional football
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| 1995:
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The Houston Post newspaper closed after more than a century
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| 1996:
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President Clinton addressed the Japanese Parliament, hailing security ties between the two countries as the cornerstone of stability in Asia
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| 1996:
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Congress passed and sent to President Clinton long-awaited legislation giving federal law officers new powers to use against terrorism
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| 1996:
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Gunmen opened fire at a hotel in Egypt, killing 18 Greek tourists
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| 1996:
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Israeli shells killed 91 Lebanese refugees in a U.N. camp (Israel called the attack an "unfortunate mistake")
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| 1997:
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President Clinton held a news conference in which he warned Republicans that a balanced-budget deal may not come quickly, while reassuring nervous Democrats that he would not abandon the party's prized social programs
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| 1998:
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Despite fierce internal dissent, Northern Ireland's main Protestant party, the Ulster Unionists, approved a peace agreement
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| 1998:
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The remains of Pol Pot were cremated, three days after the Khmer Rouge leader blamed for the killings of up to two million Cambodians died at age 73
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| 1998:
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Former North Carolina governor and US senator Terry Sanford died in Durham at age 80
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| 1999:
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NATO launched its most active day of airstrikes in its assault on Yugoslavia, pummeling refineries, bridges and dozens of other targets in the 25th straight day of attacks
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| 1999:
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Wayne Gretzky played his last National Hockey League game as his New York Rangers lost to Pittsburgh 2-1 in overtime at Madison Square Garden
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| 2000:
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In a defeat for the United States, a United Nations commission in Geneva voted 22-18 against censuring China's human rights record
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| 2000:
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Robert L. Yates Jr. was arrested in Spokane, Wash., and charged with murdering a teen-age prostitute. (Yates later confessed to killing 13 people, and was sentenced to 408 years in prison.)
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| 2000:
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In his first game back following a 12-game suspension for making disparaging remarks about minorities, gays and immigrants, Atlanta's John Rocker pitched a scoreless ninth inning in a 4-3, 12-inning victory over Philadelphia
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| 2005:
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Movie industry looks toward bitTorrent as possible video distribution method
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| 2005:
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India, China to jointly construct Buddhist temple in Henan Province
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| 2005:
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Five anti-hail centres to be set up in Romania
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| 2005:
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Romanian government to sell 10 percent of its shares in Romgaz
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| 2005:
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Adobe to Purchase Macromedia for $3.4 Billion
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| 2005:
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Survivors gather to remember 1906 San Francisco quake
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| 2005:
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Armstrong announces retirement from professional cycling
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| 2005:
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Virgin billionaire suggests hybrids to save MG Rover
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| 2006:
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US allegedly committed acts of violence in Iran using ex-members of MEK during past year
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| 2006:
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Dead body found in suitcase floating in Auckland harbour
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| 2006:
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Man attacks, kills mental patient
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| 2006:
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Missing nun found dead
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| 2006:
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Illinois Ex-Gov. Ryan found guilty of corruption charges
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| 2006:
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Greenpeace report says Chernobyl death toll has been underestimated
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| 2006:
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Four Korean women accuse JMS leader Jeong Myeong-seok of rape
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| 2007:
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Bell Canada Enterprises might be taken private
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| 2007:
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Outage leaves tens of thousands of New Zealanders without Internet
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| 2007:
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Turkey's Army chief proposes unarmed flights over Aegean Sea
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| 2007:
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More dog and cat food recalled in the United States
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| 2007:
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Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs Sri Lanka
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| 2007:
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US Supreme Court upholds ban on partial birth abortions
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| 2007:
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Virginia Tech gunman sent package to NBC
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| 2007:
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Electronic voting disputed in France
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| 2007:
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Iran's Supreme Leader wants religious army
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| 2007:
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Football: Roma defeats Inter 3-1 in Milan
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| 2008:
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Ariane rocket launches Vietnam's first satellite
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| 2008:
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Controlled explosion in Bristol, United Kingdom; man arrested on suspicion of terrorism
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| 2008:
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YouTube accounts of Scientology critics suspended
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| 2008:
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Minor earthquake shakes Illinois
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| 2008:
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Robert Mugabe denounces Britain and opposition
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| 2008:
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Public disclosure made of final report on deaths of nine in Finnish school shooting
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| 2008:
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Stagnant air spreads across England
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| 2008:
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Putin orders Russian government to normalize relations with Georgia
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| 2008:
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Police have one week to question terror suspect caught in Bristol, UK
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| 2009:
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Jailed American journalist in Iran sentenced to eight years in prison
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| 2009:
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Eighteen killed in mine blast in China, officials say
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| 2010:
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Poland: Around 100,000 people attend public memorial for victims of plane crash
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| 2010:
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North Korea denies involvement in sinking of South Korean warship
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| 2010:
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Fourteen dead in two attacks in Somalia
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| 2010:
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6.3 magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea
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| 2010:
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Champaign, Illinois mayor doubts Obama's natural-born citizenship; local politicians divided on whether mayor should resign
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| 2010:
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Man shot after attempting to drive through US-Mexico border
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| 2011:
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Schoolboy dies in Israel after bus hit by rocket from Gaza
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| 2011:
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NASCAR: Johnson beats Bowyer for victory in Aarons' 499
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| 2012:
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Texas college student found dead on campus
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History
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Author and famed criminal defense attorney, Clarence Darrow born in Kinsman Township, Ohio
Pinup model and Emmy nominated actress, Barbara Hale born in DeKalb, Illinois
Oscar winning actress Haley Mills born in London, England
Actress Cindy Pickett born in Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Songwriter, impersonator and actor, Rick Moranis born in Toronto, Ontario
Emmy award nominated actress Jane Leeves born in London, England
Emmy Award winning talk show host, Conan O'Brien born in Brookline, Massachusetts
Director, singer and actress, Melissa Joan Hart born in Smithtown, New York