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By many scholars' reckoning, Jesus of Nazareth was crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem
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| 451:
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Metz, France, plundered by Attila the Hun
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| 1226:
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Death of St. Herman Joseph
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| 1321:
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The Four Martyrs of Tana killed in Muslim India
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| 1364:
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Deadline for David II, King of Scots, to persuade Scotland to accept Edward III, King of England, as King of Scots
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| 1381:
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Second treaty of Guerande between Yann IV of Brittany and Charles VI of France
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| 1498:
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Death of Charles VIII, King of France
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| 1498:
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The Ordeal by Fire in Florence
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| 1506:
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St. Francis Xavier born
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| 1508:
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Death of St. Nilus of Sora
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| 1521:
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Magellan lands at Cebu, Phillipines
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| 1537:
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Furness Abbey surrenders to the King of England
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| 1539:
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The Abbot of Glastonbury writes to Thomas Cromwell, excusing himself from attending the House of Lords
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| 1593:
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John Samuels, his wife, and daughter, burned as witches
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| 1614:
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Death of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, known as "El Greco," painter
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| 1628:
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Jonas Michaelius arrives in New Amsterdam as the first Dutch Reformed Church minister in the colonies
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| 1652:
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Foundation of the City of Capetown, South Africa
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| 1724:
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Good Friday, Bach's "St. John Passion" was first sung in Leipzig
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| 1770:
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English Lake Poet and philosopher William Wordsworth was born. He said, "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity." born
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| 1787:
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17-year-old Beethoven newly-arrived in Vienna played piano for Mozart. "Keep your eyes on him," Mozart said. "Someday he'll give the world something remarkable."
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| 1842:
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Richard Wagner fled Paris. So ended a wholly unsuccessful stay of nearly three years. Wagner left big debts behind him as usual
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| 1860:
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W.K. Kellogg, founded the cereal company. born
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| 1862:
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Union forces under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at Shiloh, Tennessee
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| 1888:
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P.F. Collier published a weekly periodical for the first time. "Collier's" became the publication's name at a later date. The magazine was popular for 69 years
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| 1897:
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U.S. journalist and broadcaster Walter Winchell was born in New York City. His newspaper columns and radio broadcasts containing news and gossip in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s gave him much influence. born
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| 1908:
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Conductor Percy Faith born
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| 1915:
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Jazz Singer Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan, nicknamed "Lady Day") in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. born
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| 1920:
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Sitar player Ravi Shankar born
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| 1927:
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An audience in New York saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television
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| 1928:
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Actor James Garner (Baumgardner) born
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| 1928:
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Movie director Alan J. Pakula born
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| 1931:
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Former Defense Department analyst Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers born
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| 1932:
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Country singer Cal Smith born
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| 1932:
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Satirist, Mark Russell born
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| 1933:
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Actor Wayne Rogers born
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| 1934:
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Actor Ian Richardson born
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| 1935:
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Media commentator Hodding Carter born
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| 1935:
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Country singer Bobby Bare born
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| 1938:
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Former California Governor Jerry Brown born
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| 1938:
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Jazz musician Freddie Hubbard born
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| 1939:
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Movie director Francis Ford Coppola born
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| 1939:
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Television personality Sir David Frost born
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| 1939:
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Italy invaded Albania, which offered only token resistance. (Less than a week later, Italy annexed Albania.)
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| 1940:
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Booker T. Washington became the first African-American to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp, a 10-cent stamp
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| 1943:
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Drummer Spencer Dryden (Jefferson Airplane) born
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| 1945:
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During World War Two, American planes intercepted a Japanese fleet that was headed for Okinawa on a suicide mission. The 72,000-ton battleship Yamato, with its crew of 2,498, and four destroyers were sunk
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| 1946:
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Rock musician Bill Kreutzmann (The Grateful Dead) born
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| 1947:
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Auto pioneer Henry Ford died in Dearborn, Michigan, at age 83
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| 1948:
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The World Health Organization was founded
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| 1949:
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Singer John Oates born
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| 1949:
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The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific" opened on Broadway. The musical was based on the book tales of the South Pacific by James Michener. It ran for 1,925 performances and starred Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza
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| 1951:
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Singer Janis Ian born
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| 1951:
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Country musician John Dittrich born
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| 1952:
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Rock musician Bruce Gary (The Knack) born
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| 1953:
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The UN General Assembly elected Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden to be secretary-general. The vote was 57 to one
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| 1954:
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Actor Jackie Chan born
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| 1954:
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Football Hall-of-Famer Tony Dorsett born
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| 1957:
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The last of New York's electric trolleys completed its final run from Queens to Manhattan
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| 1963:
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Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the "Green Jacket" at the Master's Tournament." The "Golden Bear" earned the win at one of golf's premier events at the age of 23
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| 1964:
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Actor Russell Crowe born
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| 1964:
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Rhythm-and-blues singer Mark Kibble (Take 6) born
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| 1966:
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The United States recovered a hydrogen bomb it had lost off the coast of Spain
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| 1969:
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The Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material
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| 1970:
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The Academy Award for best picture went to "Midnight Cowboy." John Wayne was named best actor for "True Grit," and Maggie Smith won best actress for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.""
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| 1970:
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A U.S. court confirmed it had closed the investigation of Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, over the car crash in which Mary Jo Kopechne died at Cahappaquiddick in 1969
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| 1975:
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Rock singer Victoria Adams Beckham ("Posh Spice" of the Spice Girls) born
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| 1976:
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China's leadership deposed Deputy Prime Minister Deng Xiaoping and appointed Hua Kuo-feng prime minister and first deputy chairman of the Communist Party
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| 1977:
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The Toronto Blue Jays played their inaugural regular-season game and the first American League game played outside the United States, Toronto beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto
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| 1980:
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President Jimmy Carter broke off diplomatic relations with Iran and ordered out all Iranian embassy staff because of the detention of the U.S. embassy hostages in Tehran
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| 1983:
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Crewmen of the shuttle Challenger performed a spacewalk, the first by U.S. astronauts in nine years
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| 1984:
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Former Sen. Frank Church of Idaho died in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 59
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| 1984:
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The Census Bureau reported Los Angeles had overtaken Chicago as the nation's "second city" in terms of population
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| 1985:
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Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev declared a moratorium on deployment of intermediate-range nuclear missiles until November, a pledge rejected by the Reagan administration as "not enough.""
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| 1986:
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a criminal defendant wrongly denied the right to cross-examine prosecution witnesses is not always entitled to a new trial
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| 1987:
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Chicago Mayor Harold Washington handily won a second term, quashing a challenge by archrival Edward Vrdolyak
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| 1988:
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Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Afghan leader Najibullah met in the Soviet Central Asian city of Tashkent, after which they issued a joint statement saying agreement was at hand on ending the civil war in Afghanistan and withdrawing Soviet troops
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| 1989:
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One week after the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster, President Bush pledged federal assistance to help in the clean-up
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| 1989:
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A Soviet nuclear-powered submarine, the Komsomolets, caught fire and sank in the Norwegian Sea, claiming 42 lives
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| 1990:
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Farm Aid IV was held in the Hoosier Dome. 45,000 people attended the 13-hour concert, which raised $1 million. Performers: Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Elton John
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| 1990:
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Former national security adviser John M. Poindexter was convicted of five counts at his Iran-Contra trial
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| 1990:
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The Scandinavian Star, a Bahamas-registered ferry operated by Da No Line, was struck by an arson fire en route from Norway to Denmark; 158 people were killed
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| 1991:
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U.S. military planes began air-dropping supplies to Kurdish refugees who were facing starvation and exposure in the snow-covered mountains of northern Iraq. The U.S. warned Iraq not to interfere with the relief effort
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| 1992:
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Democrat Bill Clinton swept the New York, Kansas and Wisconsin primaries
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| 1992:
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PLO chairman Yasser Arafat survived the crash-landing of his plane in the Libyan desert; three crew members were killed
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| 1992:
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"The Sacramento Bee," "The New York Times" and "Newsday" won two Pulitzer prizes each; playwright Robert Schenkkan was honored for "The Kentucky Cycle," novelist Jane Smiley for "A Thousand Acres."
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| 1993:
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European warplanes began arriving in Italy in preparation for enforcing a no-fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| 1994:
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Civil war erupted in Rwanda, a day after a mysterious plane crash claimed the lives of the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi. In the months that followed, hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsi and Hutu intellectuals were slaughtered
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| 1995:
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President Clinton threatened to veto a lengthy list of bills passed by the Republican-controlled House if they were not modified in the Senate
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| 1995:
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During a prime-time television address, House Speaker Newt Gingrich declared the GOP's "Contract With America" was only a beginning
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| 1996:
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Celebrating Easter Mass under a glorious spring sky, Pope John Paul appealed for support for the "artisans" of peace in Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Holy Land
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| 1997:
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The Pulitzer Prize for fiction went to Steven Millhauser for "Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer," but no award was given for drama. "The Times-Picayune" of New Orleans won two journalism Pulitzers, including the public service prize, for a series examining how overfishing and pollution are devastating the oceans
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| 1998:
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Mary Bono, the widow of entertainer-turned-politician Sonny Bono, won a special election to serve out the remainder of her husband's congressional term
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| 1998:
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President Clinton held a town meeting in Kansas City, Mo., on the future of Social Security
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| 1999:
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Yugoslav authorities sealed off Kosovo's main border crossings, preventing ethnic Albanians from leaving as the wave of refugees approached the half-million mark
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| 2000:
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Attorney General Janet Reno met in Washington with the father of Elian Gonzalez; Reno later told reporters that officials would arrange for Juan Miguel Gonzalez to reclaim his son, but she gave Elian's Miami relatives one more chance to drop their resistance and join in a peaceful transfer
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| 2001:
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Thousands of laid off workers and citizens call for the resignation of Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit and his government
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| 2001:
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Armed police break up protests in several Turkish cities after the lira falls sharply and prices soar
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| 2005:
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Tech heavyweights unite to offer $100 laptops to poor nations
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| 2005:
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University of North Carolina wins basketball tournament
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| 2005:
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U.S. Baseball: Delgado starts off well with Marlins
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| 2005:
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Italy urges pilgrims to avoid Rome city centre for Pope funeral
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| 2005:
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Western Australia apologises to abused wards-of-state
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| 2005:
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Bitmover ends free Bitkeeper, replacement sought for managing Linux kernel code
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| 2005:
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FBI starts investigation of charges of shoddy work on new SF Bay bridge
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| 2005:
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Hackers crack Sony PSP to allow Internet chat, web surfing
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| 2005:
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Cricket: India beats Pakistan in Visakhapatnam ODI
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| 2005:
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ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings diagnosed with lung cancer
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| 2005:
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Appeal launched for Australian citizen facing execution over marijuana charges
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| 2005:
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Space shuttle Discovery photographed from ISS
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| 2005:
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Separatists fail to stop re-opening of Kashmir bus service
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| 2005:
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US House committee approves daylight saving time amendment
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| 2005:
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At least four killed by bomb thrown from motorcycle in Cairo
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| 2005:
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FDA mandates "black box" for Celebrex, pulls Bextra off market
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| 2005:
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Ethiopia plans to expand country's Internet access
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| 2006:
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Massachusetts lawmakers enact plan for universal health coverage
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| 2006:
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Libby says Bush authorized NIE leaks
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| 2006:
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Blair, Ahern unveil plan for Northern Ireland devolution
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| 2006:
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Indian police break up hunger strike over dam project
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| 2006:
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Dozens die in Iraq bombing, al-Sadr blames occupation forces
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| 2006:
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Ship sinks off Djibouti, killing at least 109
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| 2006:
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Semapedia introduced to Africa: Powered by "Made in Ghana" technology
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| 2007:
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NHL: Datsyuk inks seven-year deal with Red Wings
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| 2007:
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Rowing: Cambridge win the 153rd Boat Race
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| 2007:
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Felipe Massa will start from pole of Malaysian Grand Prix
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| 2007:
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Good Friday Appeal achieves fund-raising record
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| 2007:
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Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs South Africa
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| 2007:
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MLB: White Sox shut out Twins in below-freezing weather
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| 2007:
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Condominiums and apartments at former mental hospital burn to the ground
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| 2008:
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South Australian father and daughter in sexual relationship
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| 2008:
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Church of Scientology warns Wikileaks over documents
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| 2008:
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Feist leads Juno Award winners
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| 2008:
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Princess Diana jury returns verdict of "unlawful killing"
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| 2008:
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Olympic torch extinguished three times in Paris
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| 2008:
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401 children from Texas sect compound taken into custody
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| 2008:
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Former Managing Director of Gambian newspaper appears in court
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| 2008:
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Nikolay Davydenko beats Rafael Nadal in Sony Ericsson Open
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| 2009:
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46 illegal Afghan immigrants suffocate in truck in Pakistan
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| 2009:
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Obama makes unannounced visit to Iraq
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| 2009:
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Canadian light aircraft stolen; Wisconsin State Capitol evacuated
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| 2009:
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Vermont legalizes same-sex marriage
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| 2009:
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Scientist says he predicted Italy earthquake, was ignored
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| 2010:
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US announces revised limits on use of nuclear weapons
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| 2010:
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Two arrests at Liverpool airport after attempt to smuggle corpse onto flight
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| 2010:
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Naperville, Illinois welcomes home Olympic silver medalist Molly Schaus
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| 2011:
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U.S. budget crisis will cause personal budget crisis for U.S. troops
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| 2011:
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Twelve dead at Brazilian school after man opens fire
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| 2011:
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Body of missing student found in Bath, England
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| 2011:
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At least fourteen dead after eating toxic fish in Madagascar
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| 2011:
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Train crash in Netanya, Israel injures at least 50; no casualties
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| 2011:
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Indian activist begins "fast-unto-death" hunger strike to end corruption
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| 2011:
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Mother charged with hurting baby; Munchausen Syndrome by proxy?
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| 2011:
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ACLU, EFF challenging US 'secret' court orders seeking Twitter data
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| 2012:
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Military jet crashes in Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Academy Award winning film director, producer, and screenwriter, Francis Ford Coppola born in Detroit, Michigan
Grammy Award winning songwriter and singer, Janis Ian born in New York City
Stuntman, singer and actor, Jackie Chan born in Victoria Peak, Hong Kong