| 0418 |
Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire
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| 1526 |
Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal
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| 1535 |
Bishop Tom s de Berlanga discovers Gal pagos Islands
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| 1578 |
Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir œ20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion
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| 1624 |
England declares war on Spain
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| 1629 |
King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later
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| 1661 |
French King Louis XIV ends office of premier
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| 1681 |
English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania
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| 1734 |
Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples
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| 1789 |
Franklin College founded (1787?)
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| 1791 |
John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver
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| 1791 |
Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy
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| 1847 |
1st money minted in Hawaii
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| 1849 |
Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only US president to do so
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| 1862 |
Great Britain & France recognizes independence of Zanzibar
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| 1862 |
US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000)
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| 1864 |
Grant is named commander of the Union armies
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| 1864 |
Red River campaign LA
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| 1865 |
Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, NC
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| 1874 |
Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student
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| 1876 |
1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)
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| 1880 |
General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
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| 1880 |
Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity
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| 1888 |
1st performance of César Franck's "Psyche"
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| 1888 |
HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds
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| 1893 |
Ivory Coast becomes a French colony
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| 1893 |
New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night before
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| 1896 |
Bronx acquires O'Brien Square
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| 1896 |
Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 [OS]
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| 1896 |
After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall"
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| 1900 |
Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
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| 1902 |
Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri
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| 1903 |
Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine
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| 1903 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Montreal AAA in 2 games
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| 1905 |
Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang)
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| 1906 |
1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine"
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| 1906 |
Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France
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| 1906 |
London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line)
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| 1909 |
Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title
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| 1910 |
China ends slavery
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| 1910 |
Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing
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| 1913 |
Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games
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| 1913 |
William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300
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| 1914 |
Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez
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| 1915 |
British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle
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| 1920 |
NHL's Quebec Bulldog Jim Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators
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| 1922 |
KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
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| 1922 |
state of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg S Africa
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| 1925 |
Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran
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| 1926 |
Run on Belgian banks
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| 1927 |
Albania mobilize by threat of Serbian, Croatian & Slovenes
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| 1927 |
Bavaria lifts ban on Hitler's speeches
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| 1931 |
British Labour party removes fascist sir Oswald Mosley
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| 1933 |
Major earthquake in Long Beach, Calif
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| 1933 |
Nevada becomes 1st US state to regulate narcotics
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| 1934 |
Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)
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| 1934 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Suzanne Davis
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| 1934 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
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| 1939 |
17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India
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| 1940 |
1st US opera telecast, W2XBS, NYC, I Pagliacci
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| 1941 |
Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets
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| 1945 |
Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine
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| 1945 |
Japan declares Vietnam Independence
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| 1945 |
Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's 1st Army
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| 1945 |
Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing
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| 1945 |
US troops lands on Mindanao
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| 1946 |
Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil
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| 1948 |
1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca
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| 1949 |
Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949
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| 1951 |
"Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 56 perfs
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| 1951 |
FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner
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| 1952 |
Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba
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| 1956 |
General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios
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| 1956 |
Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph)
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| 1957 |
Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy
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| 1959 |
Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck
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| 1959 |
Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in NYC
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| 1959 |
Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet
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| 1960 |
USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing
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| 1962 |
Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel & move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida
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| 1963 |
Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training
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| 1963 |
Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 70 points vs Syracuse
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| 1964 |
US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany
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| 1965 |
Dutch Princess Margriet & Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged
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| 1966 |
5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires
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| 1966 |
Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg
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| 1966 |
North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley
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| 1968 |
Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington NZ (200 killed)
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| 1969 |
James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King Jr
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| 1970 |
Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" & "I Can Do It"
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| 1970 |
South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia
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| 1971 |
Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18
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| 1972 |
1st black US political convention opens (Gary Indiana)
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| 1972 |
Gen Lon Nol becomes pres & prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia
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| 1972 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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| 1973 |
BPAA US Open by Mike McGrath
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| 1973 |
Morocco adopts constitution
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| 1974 |
"Sextet" closes at Bijou Theater NYC after 9 performances
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| 1974 |
Carol Mann wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic
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| 1974 |
Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
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| 1974 |
Lawrence Rowe completes 302 v Eng Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six
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| 1975 |
"Rocky Horror Show" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances
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| 1975 |
Dog spectacles patented in England
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| 1977 |
Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO
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| 1978 |
Soyuz 28 returns to Earth
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| 1980 |
Willard Scott becomes the weather forcaster on the Today Show
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| 1982 |
Pres Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
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| 1982 |
Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
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| 1982 |
Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun
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| 1982 |
Travis Jackson & Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame
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| 1983 |
Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame
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| 1984 |
Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
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| 1985 |
Bonnie Lauer wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational
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| 1985 |
Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games
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| 1985 |
French socialists lose election (National Front 9%)
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| 1985 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Tokyo won by Elena Valova & O Vasiliev (URS)
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| 1985 |
India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"
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| 1985 |
Mens Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (URS)
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| 1986 |
Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP in 1938, & Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame
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| 1987 |
Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization & embryo transfer
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| 1988 |
Avalanche at Swiss Ski resort "Klosters" nearly kills Prince Charles
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| 1988 |
NY Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night
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| 1990 |
4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally
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| 1990 |
Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (URS)
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| 1990 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva & Grinkov (URS)
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| 1990 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA)
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| 1990 |
Lt Gen Avril resigns as pres of Haiti
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| 1990 |
Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
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| 1990 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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| 1991 |
Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs
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| 1991 |
Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
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| 1991 |
Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his 4th slalom World Cup
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| 1991 |
Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec)
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| 1991 |
Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schönlebe walk 4x400m indoor world record (3:03.05)
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| 1992 |
6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole & Color Me Badd win
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| 1992 |
Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22)
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| 1994 |
1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral
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| 1995 |
Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed
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| 1995 |
Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues," premieres in Arnhem
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| 1995 |
Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64
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| 1996 |
22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins
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| 1996 |
NYC Mayor Guiliani visits Israel
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| 1998 |
4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
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