| 562:
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Death of Pope St. John I, in prison
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| 872:
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Coronation of Louis II as Holy Roman Emperor
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| 1152:
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Marriage of Henry II, King of England, to Eleanor of Aquitane
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| 1268:
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Fall of Antioch to Baibars, Sultan of Egypt
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| 1291:
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Fall of Acre to the Mameluks; Death of William de Beaujeu, 21st Master of the Templars
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| 1302:
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Matins of Bruges
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| 1306:
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Pope Clement V excommunicates Robert I, "the Bruce," King of Scots
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| 1313:
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Robert I, "the Bruce," lands on the Isle of Man
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| 1410:
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Death of King Rupert of Germany
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| 1514:
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Marriage of Francis I, King of France, to Claude
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| 1587:
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Death of St. Felix of Cantalice
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| 1593:
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Christopher Marlowe summoned on charges of atheism
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| 1616:
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The composer Johann Jakob Frohberger born
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| 1631:
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1st accredited colonial election in America - John Winthrop is chosen Governor of Massachusetts
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| 1642:
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The Canadian city of Montreal was founded
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| 1643:
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Anne, Queen of France, granted absolute powers as Regent
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| 1643:
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English Royal Warrant authorizes medals of King Charles I
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| 1652:
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Rhode Island prohibits holding blacks or whites in slavery for more than 10 years - 1st American law regulating slavery
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| 1798:
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The first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, was appointed
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| 1804:
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The French Senate proclaimed Napoleon Bonaparte emperor
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| 1850:
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Oliver Heaviside, physicist who predicted the existance of the ionosphere, used to reflect radio waves. born
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| 1860:
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Abraham Lincoln was nominated for president by the Republican Party at its convention in Chicago
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| 1883:
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German architect Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus born
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| 1896:
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The Supreme Court endorsed the concept of "separate but equal" racial segregation with its "Plessy versus Ferguson" decision
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| 1897:
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Film director Frank Capra in Palermo, Sicily. He was the first to win three Best Director Oscars. Capra said his favorite of the films he made was, "It's a Wonderful Life." born
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| 1897:
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A public reading of Bram Stoker's new novel, "Dracula, or, The Un-dead," was staged at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in London, an event that roughly coincided with the book's publication
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| 1909:
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Isaac Albeniz died in the French Pyrenees, he was 48. Just a few days before Albeniz had been awarded the Legion of Honor. Albeniz composed four books of piano music called "Iberia."
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| 1910:
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Halley's Comet, as seen from Earth, moved across the sun
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| 1911:
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Gustav Mahler died like Beethoven, in Vienna and in the middle of a thunderstorm. Mahler was 50; he had suffered from heart disease. His last word: "Mozart."
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| 1912:
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Singer Perry Como born
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| 1912:
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Movie director Richard Brooks born
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| 1914:
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The "Mariner" became the first steamboat with cargo to pass through the Panama Canal
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| 1920:
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Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyla born
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| 1922:
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Actor Bill Macy born
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| 1924:
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Sportscaster Jack Whitaker born
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| 1926:
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Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, California; she reappeared a month later, claiming to have been kidnapped
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| 1930:
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Actor Pernell Roberts born
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| 1931:
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Actor Robert Morse born
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| 1933:
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The Tennessee Valley Authority was created. It's purpose was to control Tennessee River floods, institute a reforestation program on lands in the valley and provide rural electrification. The TVA serves seven states
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| 1934:
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Actor and television executive Dwayne Hickman born
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| 1934:
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Congress approved the so-called "Lindbergh Act," which called for the death penalty in cases of interstate kidnapping
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| 1937:
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Brooks Robinson born
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| 1942:
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Bluegrass singer-musician Rodney Dillard (The Dillards) born
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| 1944:
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During World War II, Allied forces finally occupied Monte Cassino in Italy after a four-month struggle that claimed about 20,000 lives
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| 1946:
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson born
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| 1946:
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Actress Candice Azzara ("Caroline in the City") born
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| 1948:
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Country singer Joe Bonsall (The Oak Ridge Boys) born
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| 1949:
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Rock musician Rick Wakeman (Yes) born
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| 1951:
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Actor James Stephens born
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| 1951:
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The United Nations moved out of its temporary headquarters in Lake Success, New York, for its permanent home in Manhattan
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| 1952:
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Country singer George Strait born
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| 1953:
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Rhythm-and-blues singer Butch Tavares (Tavares) born
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| 1953:
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Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier as she piloted a North American F-86 Canadair over Rogers Dry Lake : California
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| 1960:
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Rock singer-musician Page Hamilton (Helmet) born
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| 1968:
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Tiny Tim's "Tiptoe through the Tulips" was released. An eventual top twenty hit, "Tiptoe" was a remake of a number one hit for Nick Lucas in 1929
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| 1969:
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Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan Young blasted off aboard "Apollo Ten."
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| 1974:
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Rapper Special Ed born
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| 1980:
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Rhythm-and-blues singer Darryl Allen (Mista) born
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| 1980:
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The 9,677-foot Mt. St. Helens volcano in Washington state, quiet for 93 years, exploded. The volcanic blast was five hundred times more powerful than the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. Steam and ash erupted more than eleven miles into the sky and darkened skies in a 160-mile radius. Forest fires erupted around the volcano and burned out of control. The eruption, and those that followed, left some sixty-seven dead. The blast took 1,300 feet off the top of the mountain and left 57 people dead or missing
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| 1980:
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In the South Korean city of Kwangju, townspeople and students began a nine-day uprising that was finally put down by troops
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| 1983:
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The U.S. Senate approved, 76-18, a major revision of the nation's immigration laws that would give millions of illegal aliens already in the United States the opportunity to gain legal status under an amnesty program
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| 1983:
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Owen Bieber was elected president of the United Auto Workers union, succeeding Douglas A. Fraser
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| 1984:
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A small growth was discovered in President Reagan's colon, but a White House spokesman said an examination showed the polyp was benign, and it was not removed
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| 1985:
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Florida Gov. Bob Graham declared a state of emergency in the wake of devastating brushfires
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| 1985:
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"Tank's Prospect" won the Preakness Stakes
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| 1986:
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Dr. Robert Gale, a bone-marrow specialist who went to the Soviet Union following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, told reporters in Los Angeles that as many as 100,000 Soviets would suffer long-term radiation effects
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| 1987:
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Senator Paul Simon of Illinois entered the Democratic presidential race
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| 1988:
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A cheering crowd in the Soviet town of Termez greeted the first Soviet soldiers to cross the border in the withdrawal from Afghanistan
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| 1989:
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Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev concluded his historic visit to China, which officially marked the end of a 30-year Sino-Soviet rift
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| 1990:
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East and West Germany signed a treaty for economic, monetary and social union. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said the pact marked the "birth of a free and unified Germany."
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| 1990:
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In the face of heated student protests, the trustees of all-women Mills College in Oakland, California, voted to rescind their earlier decision to admit men
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| 1991:
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Helen Sharman became the first Briton to rocket into space as she flew aboard a Soviet "Soyuz" spacecraft
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| 1991:
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Hansel won the 116th running of the Preakness Stakes
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| 1992:
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Actor Spencer Breslin ("Soul Man") born
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| 1992:
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The Supreme Court ruled that states may not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs while on trial unless a good reason is shown to require the medication
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| 1993:
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In Bosnia-Herzegovina, Muslim and Croat leaders agreed to try to impose a U.N.-backed peace plan in areas where they had been fighting (the Serbs had rejected the proposal)
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| 1993:
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Voters in Denmark ratified the European Community's treaty on closer economic and political union
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| 1994:
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Israel's three decades of occupation in the Gaza Strip ended as Israeli troops completed their withdrawal and Palestinian authorities took over
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| 1995:
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Triumphant Republicans pushed a historic budget through the House that they said would bring an unprecedented $1.4 trillion in savings from federal budgets over the next seven years
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| 1995:
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Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov was found dead at age 45
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| 1995:
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Actress Elizabeth Montgomery died in Los Angeles
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| 1996:
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President Clinton, denying that he was weak on welfare reform, endorsed Wisconsin's welfare-to-work plan in his Saturday radio address
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| 1996:
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Louis Quatorze won the Preakness
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| 1997:
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President Clinton announced creation of a research center at the National Institutes of Health devoted to the goal of developing an AIDS vaccines within the next decade
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| 1997:
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The 50th Cannes Film Festival awarded Golden Palms to Japanese director Shohei Imamura for "The Eel" and Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami for "The Taste of Cherry."
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| 1998:
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The government filed a sweeping antitrust case against Microsoft Corporation
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| 1998:
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The Supreme Court, in a sweeping endorsement of broadcasters' free-speech rights and journalistic discretion, ruled that even public stations owned and run by states need not invite marginal candidates to political debates they sponsor
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| 1999:
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Georgette Smith, a Florida woman left paralyzed from the neck down after being shot by her elderly mother, won the right to be taken off life support. (Smith died the next day, shortly after being taken off a ventilator; her mother, Shirley Egan, was later acquitted of attempted murder.)
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| 1999:
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Two Serb soldiers held as prisoners of war by the U.S. military were turned over to Yugoslav authorities
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| 2000:
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Sante Kimes and Kenneth Kimes, mother-and-son grifters, were convicted in New York of murdering Irene Silverman in a plot to steal her elegant townhouse mansion. (The body of the 82-year-old millionaire widow has never been found.)
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| 2000:
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A pier supporting a new open-air bar collapsed and plunged into the Delaware River in Pennsylvania. Three people died, and 37 people - including eight rescue workers who were hurt while trying to pull victims from the debris-strewn water - were taken to hospitals
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| 2004:
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Actor Tony Randall dies in New York city
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| 2005:
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Cuba to embrace free software
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| 2005:
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Tense panel discussion on Srebrenica held in Belgrade
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| 2005:
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Romanian parliament ratifies EU accession treaty
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| 2005:
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VISA opens regional office in Bucharest
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| 2005:
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Traffic to be restricted on Romanian National Road 66
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| 2005:
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Air France to launch new daily flight from Paris to Bucharest
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| 2005:
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Results of British Columbia, Canada General Election
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| 2005:
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Former Pasqua aide claims Iraq intended to reward Charles Pasqua, denies having received oil
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| 2005:
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Tropical Storm Adrian forms in Eastern Pacific, threatens Central America
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| 2005:
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Landless Workers Movement marches to Brasilia in protest
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| 2005:
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Kuwait parliament gives women the vote
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| 2005:
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Birds attack people in Houston
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| 2005:
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Live grenade thrown at George Bush in Georgia
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| 2005:
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Uzbek rebel leader on horseback wants an Islamic state
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| 2006:
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Australian opposition expected to release workplace plan
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| 2006:
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FBI searching Michigan farm for clues in disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
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| 2006:
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Australian rugby league club to have extra police at all NSW games
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| 2006:
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Nepal Parliament passes resolution to curb King's power
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| 2006:
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NZ Finance Minister introduces budget
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| 2006:
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Cholera outbreak hits Angola
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| 2006:
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Dee Caffari on last stretch of round-the-world sailing challenge
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| 2006:
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Nelson, NZ, man trying to sell leg online
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| 2006:
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Indian markets plummet: Sensex loses 826 points, Nifty down 246
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| 2006:
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Canada extends Afghanistan military role for two more years
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| 2006:
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Record typhoon Chanchu batters south China
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| 2006:
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New Italian government proposes withdrawal of troops from Iraq
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| 2007:
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700 new forms of life discovered in Antarctic sea
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| 2007:
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Microsoft buys online ad firm Aquantive for $6 billion
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| 2007:
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War spending bill rejected by White House
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| 2007:
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British adventurer flies powered paraglider over Everest
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| 2007:
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Norton AntiVirus cripples thousands of PCs in China
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| 2008:
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Airliner hijacker found working for British Airways
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| 2008:
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Taiwan Tourism Exposition to encourage tourism industry after Sichuan earthquake
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| 2008:
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13,000 people participate in Bristol running event
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| 2008:
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Chinese quake death toll nears 32,500, as a major aftershock occurs and mourning begins
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| 2008:
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At least 728 rescued from burning Indonesian ferry
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| 2008:
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1,000 arrested in Iraq in crackdown against al-Qaeda
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| 2008:
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HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer
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| 2008:
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YODEX: The first-ever "Wow! Taiwan Design Competition" announced
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| 2009:
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British House of Commons' Speaker addresses Parliament ahead of vote of no confidence
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| 2009:
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As the Eurovision entrants return home, the home crowds weigh in
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| 2009:
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Court rules teen must take chemotherapy
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| 2009:
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Taiwanese hold rally against government
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| 2009:
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EU budget chief claims win in Lithuanian presidential elections
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| 2009:
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Key town captured by Islamist Somali militants
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| 2010:
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Afghanistan: Suicide attackers kill several people in Kabul
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| 2010:
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Australian rules football: Interview with Andy Thissling, statistician for the Traralgon Football Club senior side
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| 2010:
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French teacher returns home after being held in Iran for ten months
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| 2010:
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Twelve people dead after blast in north-west Pakistan
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| 2011:
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Shriver speaks out over Schwarzenegger’s affair and love child
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| 2011:
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Space Shuttle Endeavour launches for final time
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| 2011:
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Former Louisiana Tech University President F. Jay Taylor dies aged 87
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| 2011:
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn refused bail after appearance in New York court
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| 2011:
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Elizabeth II begins state visit to Ireland amid protests, security fears
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| 2012:
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Non-sponsors' logos plastered by peeved Paralympians
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| 2012:
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Expedition 31 crew members arrive at International Space Station
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| 2012:
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Disco diva Donna Summer dies at 63
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History
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Tony Award winning composer, songwriter, conductor and playwright, Meredith Willson born in Mason City, Iowa
Grammy Award winning singer Perry Como born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Pope John Paul II born Karol Jozef Wojtyla in Wadowice, Poland
Stage, television and film actress, Candice Azzara born in Brooklyn, New York
Soldier, rancher, and Country Music Hall of Fame singer George Strait born in Poteet, Texas