| 1180:
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Marriage of Philip II, King of France, to Isabella of Hainaut
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| 1197:
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Death of Rhys ap Gruffydd, King of South Wales
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| 1220:
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Construction of Salisbury Cathedral begins
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| 1282:
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The Sicilian uprising reaches Messina
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| 1373:
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Yann IV of Brittany flees to England
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| 1376:
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The "Good Parliament" convenes
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| 1442:
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Edward IV, King of England born
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| 1462:
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Pope Pius II issues a Bull protecting the ruins of Rome
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| 1521:
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Cortes lays siege to Tenochtitlan
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| 1559:
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Elizabeth's "Act of Uniformity" is passed by Parliament
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| 1635:
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Virginia Gov. John Harvey, accused of treason, is removed from office
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| 1758:
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The fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. born
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| 1788:
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Maryland ratified the Constitution, becoming the seventh state of the Union
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| 1789:
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There was a mutiny on HMS Bounty as the crew of the British ship set Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors adrift in a launch in the South Pacific
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| 1817:
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Britain and the United States signed the Rush-Bagot Treaty, in which they agreed not to have guns or ships of war on the frontier waters of the Great Lakes
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| 1865:
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Giuseppi Verdi wrote a letter protesting critical reviews of his opera "Macbeth."
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| 1865:
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Meyerbeer's "L'Africaine" premiered in Paris. It was about the explorer Vasco da Gama
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| 1880:
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Max Kalbeck, in the German Times of Vienna declared that Wagner was "the Antichrist incarnate in art."
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| 1896:
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The Adressograph was patented by J.S. Duncan of Sioux City, Iowa
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| 1919:
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The first free-fall parachute jump was made by Leslie Ervin, who broke his ankle on landing. Until then, it was believed people falling "free" would become unconscious, unable to pull the ripcord
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| 1921:
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Syndicated columnist Rowland Evans born
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| 1924:
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The Times of London compared Ravel's music to a pgymy's work: "clever but very small."
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| 1926:
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Novelist Harper Lee ("To Kill a Mockingbird") born
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| 1930:
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Former Secretary of State James Baker III born
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| 1932:
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A vaccine against yellow fever was announced
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| 1933:
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Actress Carolyn Jones born
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| 1937:
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Iraqi President Saddam Hussein born
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| 1937:
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The first animated-cartoon electric sign was displayed on a building on Broadway in New York City. The sign was the creation of Douglas Leight. The sign consisted of several thousand light bulbs
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| 1938:
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Actress Madge Sinclair born
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| 1940:
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Glenn Miller and his Orchestra recorded "Pennsylvania 6-5000" for RCA Victor
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| 1941:
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Actress-singer Ann-Margret (Olsson) born
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| 1942:
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Pollster George Gallup said most Americans preferred to call the ongoing global conflict "World War II" or "The Second World War" (other suggestions had included "Survival War" or "War of World Freedom.)
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| 1944:
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Exercise "Tiger" ended with 750 U.S. soldiers dead in a D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats off Slapton Sands, on the southwest coast of England
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| 1945:
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Rock musician John Wolters (Dr. Hook) born
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| 1945:
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Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country
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| 1947:
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A six-man expedition sailed from Peru aboard a balsa wood raft named the "Kon-Tiki" on a 101-day journey that took them across the Pacific Ocean to Polynesia
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| 1948:
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Actress Marcia Strassman born
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| 1949:
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Actor Bruno Kirby born
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| 1950:
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"Tonight Show" host Jay Leno born
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| 1952:
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War with Japan officially ended as a treaty that had been signed by the United States and 47 other nations took effect
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| 1952:
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Dwight D. Eisenhower was relieved, at his own request, of the post of Supreme Allied Commander Europe and replaced by General Matthew Ridgway
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| 1953:
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Actress Mary McDonnell born
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| 1953:
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Rock singer-musician Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) born
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| 1958:
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Vice President Nixon and his wife, Pat, began a goodwill tour of Latin America
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| 1959:
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Arthur Godfrey was seen for the last the last time in the final broadcast of "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" on CBS-TV. The show had been part of the CBS lineup for 10 years
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| 1966:
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Rapper Too Short born
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| 1966:
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Pro golfer John Daly born
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| 1967:
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Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the Army, the same day General William C. Westmoreland told Congress the US "would prevail in Vietnam."
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| 1968:
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The musical "Hair" opened on Broadway at the Biltmore Theater for over 1,700 performances
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| 1969:
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French President Charles de Gaulle resigned his office after voters rejected major government reforms in a referendum
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| 1971:
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Actress Simbi Khali ("3rd Rock from the Sun") born
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| 1971:
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Actor Chris Young born
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| 1973:
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Rapper Big Gipp (Goodie Mob) born
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| 1975:
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The last American civilians were evacuated from South Vietnam as North Vietnamese forces tightened their noose around Saigon
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| 1977:
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Andreas Baader and other members of the Baader-Meinhoff group were jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly two years in Stuttgart, Germany
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| 1978:
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Actor Nate Richert ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") born
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| 1980:
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President Carter accepted the resignation of Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who had opposed the failed rescue mission aimed at freeing American hostages in Iran
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| 1983:
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President Reagan named former Sen. Richard Stone special envoy to Central America, despite the Florida Democrat's recent stint as a lobbyist for Guatemala
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| 1984:
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President Reagan, on a state visit to China, gave an interview to Chinese television, which again censored his criticism of the Soviet Union as well as his praise for freedom of thought and speech
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| 1985:
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Several thousand people attended a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Dachau, near Munich
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| 1985:
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New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner fired Yogi Berra as manager and reinstated Billy Martin -- again. It was the 13th managerial change in 11 years for the Yankees
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| 1986:
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The Soviet Union announced the Chernobyl nuclear reactor fire had killed two people, with 197 hospitalized. Nine months later, it reported 31 had died and 231 suffered radiation sickness
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| 1987:
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Contra rebels in Nicaragua killed Benjamin Ernest Linder, an American engineer working on a hydroelectric project for the Sandinista government
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| 1987:
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For the first time, a compact disc of an album was released before its vinyl counterpart. "The Art of Excellence" by Tony Bennett, his first recorded work in a decade, went on sale
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| 1988:
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The winless Baltimore Orioles set an American League record by losing their 21st straight game, 4-2, to the Minnesota Twins
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| 1988:
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A flight attendant was killed and 61 persons injured when part of the roof of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 peeled back during a flight from Hilo (HEE'-loh) to Honolulu
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| 1989:
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President Bush announced the United States and Japan had concluded a deal on joint development of a new Japanese jet fighter, the FSX, despite concerns that U.S. technology secrets would be given away
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| 1989:
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Roy Medvedev, the Soviet historian persecuted for exposing Joseph Stalin's crimes in his study "Let History Judge," was re-admitted to the Communist Party after 20 years
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| 1989:
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Iran protested against the exhibition and sale of the novel "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie at the Geneva international book fair
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| 1990:
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Anti-abortion demonstrators marched in Washington, D.C.; authorities put the number of protesters at 200,000, but organizers claimed a turnout of about 700,000
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| 1990:
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The musical "A Chorus Line," the longest-running show in Broadway history at that time, closed after 6,137 Broadway performances, a Pulitzer Prize and nine Tony awards. It had opened on Broadway in July 1975
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| 1991:
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The space shuttle Discovery blasted off with seven astronauts aboard on a "Star Wars" research mission
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| 1992:
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President Bush and Bill Clinton won the Pennsylvania presidential primary
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| 1992:
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The Agriculture Department unveiled its pyramid-shaped recommended-diet chart that had cost nearly $1 million to develop
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| 1992:
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The body of Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich Romanov, heir to the vacant Russian throne, was returned to St. Petersburg to be buried in the city of his Tsar ancestors. He died in Miami on April 21
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| 1992:
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The Afghan government formally ceded power to triumphant Islamic guerrillas in Kabul three days after Mujahideen forced entered the capital, ending 14 years of armed resistance and civil war
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| 1993:
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The first "Take Our Daughters to Work Day," promoted by the New York-based Ms. Foundation, was held in an attempt to boost the self-esteem of girls by having them visit a parent's place of work
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| 1994:
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Former CIA official Aldrich Ames, who had betrayed U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, pleaded guilty in Alexandria, Virginia, to espionage and tax evasion charges, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole
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| 1995:
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In Taegu, South Korea, a gas line exploded in the middle of an intersection crowded with morning traffic, killing 101 people and injuring about 125 others
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| 1996:
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President Clinton gave four and a-half hours of videotaped testimony as a defense witness in the criminal trial of his former Whitewater business partners
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| 1996:
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A man armed with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire on tourists on the Australian island of Tasmania, killing 35 people; he was captured by police after a 12-hour standoff at a guest cottage
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| 1997:
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President Clinton and three of his predecessors -- George Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford -- began drafting a national army of community service volunteers during the Presidents' Summit for America's Future in Philadelphia
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| 1998:
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In a breakthrough for the government's tobacco investigation cigarette maker Liggett and Myers agreed to tell prosecutors whether the industry had hidden evidence of health damage from smoking
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| 1998:
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The Senate opened a new round of hearings on alleged abuse and mismanagement at the Internal Revenue Service
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| 1999:
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A 213-213 tie vote in the House of Representatives killed a measure expressing support for NATO's five-week-old air campaign against Yugoslavia; the House also voted 249-180 to limit President Clinton's authority to use ground forces in Yugoslavia
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| 1999:
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Actor Rory Calhoun died in Burbank, Calif., at age 76
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| 2000:
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Five people, apparently targeted because of their race or ethnicity, were killed in a shooting rampage in suburban Pittsburgh; a suspect, Richard Scott Baumhammers, was arrested
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| 2005:
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Hunter Tylo to rejoin the cast of "Bold and Beautiful"
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| 2005:
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Munch's "The Scream" might have been burned Munch's
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| 2005:
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European human rights body condemns U.S. "torture" at Guantanamo Bay
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| 2005:
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CIA gives up search and interrogation on Iraq WMDs
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| 2005:
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Berlusconi warns U.S. on agent's killing
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| 2005:
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General Pavkovic pleads not guilty
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| 2005:
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Rare woodpecker discovered in Arkansas
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| 2005:
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UK govt concealed Attorney General's doubts over Iraq invasion
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| 2005:
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UK Party leaders questioned on BBC 'Question Time'
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| 2005:
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Indiana Pacers beat Boston Celtics again to lead series 2-1 in US basketball playoffs
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| 2006:
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Pakistani militants behead suspected US informant
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| 2006:
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Criticism over Qingzang Railway as opening nears
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| 2006:
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Iran nuclear impasse continues
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| 2006:
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Opposition leader Alaksandar Milinkievič jailed in Belarus
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| 2006:
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Full-mast flag generates controversy at Parliament Hill
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| 2007:
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NHL: Sharks Nab Game 1 in Detroit
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| 2007:
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation gets new chairman
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| 2007:
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MLB: Twins defeat Tigers after pinch hit scores two
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| 2007:
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Earthquake strikes Kent, England
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| 2007:
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U.S. nonprofit news agency shuts down
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| 2007:
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The White Stripes to tour 'Great White North'
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| 2007:
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Clashes over World War II monument in Estonia continue
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| 2007:
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U.S. Director of Foreign Assistance Randall L. Tobias resigns
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| 2007:
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Russian cellist Rostropovitch dies at 80
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| 2007:
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Canadian inspectors to test food ingredients from China
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| 2007:
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Prosecutor investigates possible terrorist training camps in Belgium
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| 2007:
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Suicide bomber narrowly misses Pakistani Minister
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| 2007:
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St. Paul Mayor's vehicle hit by drunk driver
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| 2007:
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Australia defeats Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup Final
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| 2008:
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PSLV rocket launches ten satellites
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| 2008:
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Two trains collide in China killing dozens and injuring hundreds
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| 2008:
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Eos Airlines files for bankruptcy
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| 2008:
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Zenit rocket launches AMOS-3 satellite
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| 2008:
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Journalists banned from Mount Everest
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| 2009:
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Swine flu reported in more countries; WHO warns of possible pandemic risk
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| 2011:
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US Federal Reserve Chairman gives first news conference
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| 2011:
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Afghan pilot kills nine Americans
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| 2012:
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News briefs: April 28, 2012
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| 2012:
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Capital Punishment mountain bike race won by Shaun Lewis
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| 2012:
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Darcy Richardson suspends Democratic Party presidential campaign
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| 2012:
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Florida man accused of threatening to bomb animal shelter
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Soldier, diplomat and fifth US President, James Monroe born in Westmoreland County, Virginia
Actress Carolyn Jones born in Amarillo, Texas
Emmy Award winning actress Madge Sinclair born in Kingston, Jamaica
Dancer, singer, and Golden Globe Award winning actress, Ann Margret born in Valsjöbyn, Sweden
Actress Marcia Strassman born in New York City
Award winning author, Sir Terence David John Pratchett born in Beaconsfield, England
Voice actor, comedian and Emmy Award winning host of NBC's The Tonight Show, Jay Leno born in New Rochelle, New York
Academy Award nominated actress Mary McDonnell born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Musician, singer and actor, Nate Richert born in Saint Paul, Minnesota