| 363:
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Death of Julian the Apostate
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| 657:
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Mu'awiyan defeats Caliph Ali in the Battle of Siffin in Mesopotamia
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| 796:
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Death of Offa, King of the English
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| 811:
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Nicephorus I, Byzantine emperor, killed in battle with the Bulgars
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| 1237:
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Edward I, King of England, did homage to Philip II, King of France, for his French holdings
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| 1267:
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Pope Gregory X establishes the Inquisition
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| 1471:
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Anti-Pope Benedict XIII deposed as a heretic
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| 1471:
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Death of Pope Paul II
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| 1526:
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Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon leaves Santo Domingo with several hundred settlers to found a colony in Florida
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| 1527:
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Founding of Coro, Venezuela
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| 1529:
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Pizarro authorized to conquer Peru, by the Crown of Spain
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| 1581:
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The Estates-General of the Hague declares Philip II deposed
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| 1603:
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James VI of Scotland was crowned King James I of England. He then 'authorized'an English translation of the Scriptures, first published in 1611 and known since as the'King James Version' of the Bible
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| 1643:
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Excise Tax in England
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| 1645:
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Matthew Hopkins, "Witch-finder General," helps to condemn 26 persons as witches in Norfolk, England
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| 1739:
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George Clinton, 4th VP (1805-12) born
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| 1759:
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The French relinquish Fort Ticonderoga in New York to the British under General Jeffrey Amherst
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| 1775:
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Benjamin Franklin becomes the first Postmaster-General
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| 1788:
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New York became the eleventh state to ratify the US Constitution
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| 1796:
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Painter George Catlin born
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| 1829:
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Auguste Beernaert Belgium (Nobel Peace Prize-1909) born
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| 1847:
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Liberia became a republic, and Africa's first sovereign, black-ruled democratic nation
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| 1856:
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Playwright George Bernard Shaw born
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| 1859:
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The French composer Jules Massenet won the Prix de Rome but for his piano playing ability rather than his composing
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| 1875:
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Carl Jung, founder of analytic psychology born
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| 1888:
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Rimsky-Korsakov finished composing "Scheherazade". This four movement tone poem could be called a symphony, and it's almost a violin concerto since the concertmaster has a great deal to do by himself, but most people just think of "Scheherazade" as a very lovely work
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| 1892:
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Pearl S Buck US, novelist (The Good Earth) born
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| 1894:
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Aldous Huxley England, author (Brave New World) born
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| 1895:
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Robert Graves, poet and novelist who wrote I Claudius born
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| 1902:
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Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen) born
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| 1908:
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Arnold Schoenberg, who has just been abandoned by his wife, himself abandoned tonality, writing atonal variations on a folk song which ends with the words "All is lost." You can hear this in the second movement of his second string quartet
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| 1908:
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Attorney General Charles Bonaparte created an investigative agency that was the forerunner of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
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| 1912:
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Actress Vivian Vance born
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| 1920:
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The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of sex, is ratified
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| 1922:
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Actor Jason Robards Junior (A Thousand Clowns, Act 1, Any Wednesday) born
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| 1922:
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Movie producer Blake Edwards (10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's) born
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| 1926:
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Actor James Best ("The Dukes of Hazzard") born
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| 1926:
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The sanctuary of Our Lady of Victory, in Lackawanna, NY, became the first RomanCatholic church in the U.S. to be consecrated a basilica
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| 1928:
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Movie director Stanley Kubrick (2001, Dr Strangelove, Lolita, Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut) born
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| 1929:
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Jean Shepherd humorist born
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| 1935:
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The Open Bible Standard Churches was formed when two smaller revival movements with similar objectives merged. OBSCI is headquartered today in Des Moines
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| 1940:
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Singer Dobie Gray born
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| 1941:
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur was named commander of U.S. forces in the Philippines
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| 1943:
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Rock star Mick Jagger born
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| 1943:
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Movie director Peter Hyams born
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| 1945:
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Winston Churchill resigned as Britain's prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labor Party. (Clement Attlee became the new prime minister.)
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| 1946:
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Actress Helen Mirren born
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| 1946:
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President Truman signed a order that called for the desegration of all U.S. armed forces
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| 1947:
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President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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| 1948:
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In an Executive Order, President Harry Truman calls for the end of discrimination and segregation in the U.S. armed forces
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| 1949:
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William M Shepherd,Capt USN/astronaut born
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| 1950:
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Actress Susan George (Straw Dogs, Mandingo) born
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| 1952:
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Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president by the Democratic national convention Chicago; John J. Sparkman was nominated for vice president
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| 1952:
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Argentina's first lady, Eva Peron, died Buenos Aires at age 33
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| 1952:
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King Farouk the First of Egypt abdicated the wake of a coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser
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| 1953:
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Fidel Castro began his revolt against Fulgencio Batista with an unsuccessful attack on an army barracks eastern Cuba. (Castro ousted Batista 1959.)
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| 1956:
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Dorothy Hamill, ice figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976) born
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| 1956:
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Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal
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| 1959:
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Actor Kevin Spacey born
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| 1961:
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Rock singer Gary Cherone (Van Halen) born
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| 1964:
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Actress Sandra Bullock born
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| 1964:
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Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa and six others were convicted of fraud and conspiracy in the handling of a union pension fund
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| 1965:
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Jennifer Ashe actress (As the World Turns) born
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| 1965:
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Actor Jeremy Piven ("Ellen") born
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| 1971:
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"Apollo 15" was launched from Cape Kennedy
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| 1973:
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Actress Kate Beckinsale born
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| 1984:
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"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" became the first network television show to be broadcast in stereo
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| 1985:
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The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution condemning South Africa's declaration of a state of emergency and calling for limited, voluntary sanctions against the Pretoria government
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| 1986:
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Kidnappers in Lebanon released the Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco, an American hostage held for nearly 19 months
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| 1986:
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American statesman Averell Harriman died in Yorktown Heights, New York, at age 94
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| 1987:
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Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger said on ABC TV the US Navy's anti-mine capabilities would be improved the Persian Gulf the wake of a mine explosion that damaged the tanker "Bridgeton."
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| 1988:
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UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar met twice with Iran's foreign minister in the first formal round of talks aimed at achieving a cease-fire in the eight-year-old war between Iran and Iraq
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| 1989:
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Mark Wellman, a 29-year-old paraplegic, reached the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park after hauling himself up the granite cliff six inches at a time over nine days
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| 1990:
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The U.S. House of Representatives reprimanded Congressman Barney Frank, D-Mass., for ethics violations
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| 1990:
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President Bush signed into law the "Americans with Disabilities Act."
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| 1990:
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported that a young woman, later identified as Kimberly Bergalis, had been infected with the AIDS virus, apparently by her dentist
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| 1991:
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Secretary of State James Baker became the first Western diplomat to address the Mongolian parliament
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| 1992:
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Iraq agreed to permit weapons inspectors to search the Agriculture Ministry Baghdad. Miguel Induraof Spawon cycling's Tour de France for the second year a row. Singer Mary Wells died Los Angeles at age 49
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| 1993:
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President Clinton launched a new, harder sell for his budget at a conference in Chicago, accusing Republicans of gridlock
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| 1993:
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Retired General Matthew B. Ridgway died in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania, at age 98
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| 1994:
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A car bomb heavily damaged the Israeli embassy in London, injuring 14; hours later, a second bomb exploded outside a building housing Jewish organizations in north London
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| 1994:
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The House Banking Committee opened limited hearings on the Whitewater controversy
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| 1995:
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The Senate voted 69-to-29 to unilaterally lift the U.N. embargo on arms shipments to Bosnia
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| 1995:
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Former Michigan Governor George W. Romney died at age 88
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| 1996:
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President Clinton rejected a clemency plea from Jonathan Pollard, who'd spent more than ten years prison for spying for Israel
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| 1996:
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Amy Van Dyken became the first American woman to win four gold medals at a single Olympics as she captured the 50-meter freestyle in Atlanta
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| 1997:
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President Clinton visited Lake Tahoe, bringing with him $26 million in new postal trucks and new sewage pipes as he committed himself to the lake's preservation
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| 1998:
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The White House said President Clinton's lawyers were working with prosecutor Kenneth Starr to avert Clinton's direct testimony to a grand jury about the Monica Lewinsky case. (The president ended up testifying via closed-circuit television.)
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| 1998:
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AT&T and British Telecommunications PLC announced they were forming a joint venture that would combine their international operations and develop a new Internet system
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| 1999:
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Cary Stayner, a motel handyman, described in detail for an off-camera jailhouse interview with San Francisco TV station KBWB how he'd killed a naturalist and three Yosemite sightseers
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| 1999:
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Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and her Russian counterpart, Igor Ivanov, announced a second Washington-Moscow hot line would be installed to help avoid misunderstandings like those that had developed over Kosovo
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| 2000:
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George W. Bush and his just-chosen running mate, Dick Cheney, set out on their first campaign excursion together as they visited Cheney's former hometown of Casper, Wyoming
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| 2000:
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A federal judge in New York approved a $1.25 billion settlement between Swiss banks and more than a-half million plaintiffs who alleged the banks had hoarded money deposited by Holocaust victims
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| 2005:
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Murderer of Dutch filmmaker van Gogh gets life term
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| 2005:
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Inter lead race to snap-up Figo
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| 2005:
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Space Shuttle Discovery launches
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| 2005:
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Press freedom watchdog 'outraged' by closure of Burundi radio station
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| 2005:
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Last WWII Comanche 'code talker' dies
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| 2005:
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U.S. magazine TV Guide to drop local editions in makeover
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| 2005:
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U.S. consumer confidence drops
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| 2005:
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Neighbours of Niger also facing food crisis
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| 2005:
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Microsoft announces name of new version of Windows: Vista
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| 2005:
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Windows Vista faces possible trademark challenges
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| 2005:
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San Diego votes for new mayor
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| 2005:
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Int'l Football: Liverpool beats Kaunas 3 - 1
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| 2006:
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Toll to cancel Overlander train service
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| 2006:
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Red Cross ambulances hit by Israeli strike
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| 2006:
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Power and water return to Liberia
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| 2006:
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Multiple sclerosis more often transmitted by fathers
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| 2006:
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Saddam Hussein 'forced' back to trial
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| 2006:
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Preliminary hearing for lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal rescheduled
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| 2006:
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Buffalo, N.Y. city hall evacuated after alarms sound
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| 2006:
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Historic Birmingham pub destroyed in Arson attack
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| 2006:
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Missing Illinois student found dead
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| 2006:
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Despite 6 warnings Israel bombed and killed 4 UN observers
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| 2007:
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Tour de France: Daniele Bennati wins stage 17
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| 2007:
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Wake Forest University basketball coach Skip Prosser dies
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| 2007:
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Cat in Rhode Island, USA nursing home 'senses death'
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| 2007:
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Strong earthquake strikes Indonesia
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| 2007:
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NASA says worker tried to sabotage ISS
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| 2007:
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Man charged following bomb threats which closed 14 Tesco supermarkets in UK
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| 2007:
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FIA clears McLaren of allegations by Ferrari
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| 2007:
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Weapons storage facility in Syria explodes killing 15 soldiers
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| 2007:
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Partizan Belgrade kicked out of 2007/08 UEFA Cup
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| 2008:
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SNP wins Glasgow East by-election in Scotland
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| 2008:
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US presidential candidate Barack Obama's lead in the polls increases
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| 2008:
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US Senate passes housing aid bill
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| 2008:
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Six year old girl and five others killed, Hamas arrests 200 Palestinians
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| 2008:
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Obama's private prayer published in Israeli newspaper
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| 2008:
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Two nuclear leaks in two weeks trigger security and safety reviews in France
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| 2009:
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Contador wins Tour de France; Cavendish wins six stages
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| 2009:
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Iranian plane crashes on runway, 17 dead
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| 2009:
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Rugby Union: Ballymore Cup North Queensland carnival
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| 2009:
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Lewis Hamilton wins Hungarian Grand Prix
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| 2010:
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Australian rules football: Gippsland Football League round 15 - Leongatha v Traralgon
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| 2010:
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British snooker player Alex Higgins found dead at age 61
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| 2010:
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North Korea warns of nuclear action
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History
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Actress and comedienne, Gracie Allen born in San Francisco, California
Musician and lead singer of the Rolling Stones, Sir Michael Phillip "Mick" Jagger born in Dartford, England
Olympic Gold Medalist skater, Dorothy Hamill born in Chicago, Illinois
Two-time Oscar winning actor, Kevin Spacey born in South Orange, New Jersey
Actress Sandra Bullock born in Arlington, Virginia