| 0715 |
St Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 1506 |
Columbus selects his son Diego as sole heir
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| 1515 |
George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles
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| 1517 |
Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht
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| 1547 |
Monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel
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| 1568 |
English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary
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| 1571 |
Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines
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| 1585 |
Spain confisquates English ships
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| 1588 |
Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England
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| 1608 |
Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague
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| 1635 |
France declares war on Spain
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| 1643 |
Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army
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| 1643 |
Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut & New Harbor form United Colonies of New England
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| 1652 |
Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen
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| 1662 |
Uniformity Act of England goes into effect
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| 1749 |
George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley
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| 1780 |
About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day it's cause is still unexplained
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| 1792 |
Russian army enters Poland
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| 1793 |
Netherlands captures French island of St Maarten (held until 1795)
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| 1796 |
Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds
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| 1802 |
French Order of Légion d'Honneur forms
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| 1848 |
1st department store opens
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| 1848 |
Mexico gives Texas to US, ending the war
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| 1853 |
Dutch prince Henry marries princess Amalia of Saxony-Weimar
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| 1856 |
Sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery
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| 1857 |
William Francis Channing & Moses G Farmer patents electric fire alarm
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| 1862 |
Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West
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| 1863 |
Siege of Vicksburg, investment of city complete
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| 1864 |
Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred)
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| 1864 |
Last engagement in series of battles known as Spotsylvania
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| 1864 |
Skirmish at Cassville Georgia
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| 1865 |
President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia
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| 1878 |
Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield
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| 1884 |
Ringling Brothers circus premieres
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| 1885 |
1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts)
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| 1885 |
German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon & Togoland
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| 1885 |
Jan Matzeliger begins 1st mass production of shoes
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| 1886 |
Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres
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| 1891 |
Rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered
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| 1892 |
Charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer
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| 1892 |
National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded
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| 1893 |
Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)
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| 1896 |
1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands
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| 1898 |
Post Office authorizes use of postcards
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| 1900 |
Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago
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| 1900 |
World's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Italy & Switz, opens
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| 1902 |
Great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria
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| 1905 |
Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ
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| 1906 |
Dutch King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel
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| 1906 |
Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes
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| 1906 |
Italian King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel
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| 1906 |
Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier
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| 1909 |
Jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title
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| 1910 |
Cleve Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings
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| 1911 |
Maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris
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| 1911 |
Phila Athletics are 12« games back in AL, & will win World Series
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| 1912 |
AL Pres Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball
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| 1913 |
Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japs from owning land
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| 1916 |
Escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun
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| 1918 |
Wash 1st Sunday game, Senators beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings
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| 1921 |
Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system
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| 1923 |
49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:05.4
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| 1923 |
KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies
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| 1926 |
French air force bombs Damascus Syria
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| 1928 |
"Firedamp" explodes in Mather Pa coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners
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| 1928 |
51 frogs enter 1st annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Angel's Camp, Cal)
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| 1928 |
Explosion in coal mine in Mather, Pennsylvania, 195 die
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| 1929 |
Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death
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| 1929 |
General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek govt
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| 1930 |
White woman win voting rights in South-Africa
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| 1931 |
Ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel
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| 1934 |
Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria
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| 1934 |
Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Sat Review of Lit" Males who solved puzzle became members of Baker Street Irregulars
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| 1935 |
NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936
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| 1937 |
John Murray/Allen Boretz' "Room Service," premieres in NYC
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| 1939 |
Churchill signs British-Russian anti-nazi pact
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| 1940 |
Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)
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| 1940 |
French counter attack at Péronne under Gen De Gaulle
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| 1941 |
Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis
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| 1941 |
New nazi battleship Bismarck leaves Gdynia, Poland
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| 1942 |
Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson & Wagner)
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| 1943 |
Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews)
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| 1943 |
Churchill pledges England's full support to US against Japan
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| 1944 |
240 gypsies transported to Auschwitz from Westerbork Neth
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| 1944 |
German defense line in Italy collapsed
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| 1945 |
Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England & Aust Services
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| 1946 |
Dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam
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| 1950 |
NY Times reports of worlds smallest & dumbest mechanical brain
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| 1951 |
77th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold wins in 1:56.4
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| 1951 |
UN begins counter offensive in Korea
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| 1953 |
Nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St George, Utah)
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| 1954 |
Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project
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| 1955 |
Atkinson & Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI v Australia
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| 1956 |
82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius wins in 1:58.4
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| 1956 |
Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning HR, 1st HR in 8 straight games
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| 1957 |
Adone Zoli forms Italian govt
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| 1958 |
Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party," in London
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| 1958 |
South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
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| 1958 |
US & Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
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| 1959 |
Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands
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| 1960 |
Alan Freed & eight other DJ accused of taking radio payola
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| 1960 |
Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed
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| 1960 |
DJ Alan Freed is accused of bribery in radio payola scandal
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| 1960 |
Juan Marichal debuts as SF Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter
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| 1960 |
USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 33,222 m
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| 1961 |
New pier opens in Scheveningen
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| 1962 |
"Bravo, Giovanni" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 76 performances
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| 1962 |
"John Birch Society," by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99
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| 1962 |
88th Preakness: John Rotz aboard Greek Money wins in 1:56.2
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| 1962 |
Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea
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| 1962 |
Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's NL hit record with 3,431
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| 1962 |
US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
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| 1963 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
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| 1964 |
US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in Moscow embassy
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| 1965 |
Patricia R Harris named 1st US black female ambassador (Luxembourg)
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| 1965 |
West Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II
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| 1967 |
US bombs Hanoi
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| 1967 |
USSR ratifies treaty with Engl & US banning nuclear weapons in space
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| 1968 |
20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible & Barbara Bain
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| 1968 |
Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games
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| 1968 |
Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England 1st heard
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| 1971 |
USSR launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
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| 1972 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
|
| 1972 |
WMAV TV channel 18 in Oxford, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
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| 1973 |
"Daisy" A Day by Jud Strunk hits #14
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| 1973 |
"Smith" opens at Eden Theater NYC for 17 performances
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| 1973 |
99th Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:54.4
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| 1974 |
Joanne Carner Golf Invitational wins LPGA Bluegrass
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| 1974 |
Stanley Cup: Phila Flyers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
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| 1974 |
Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election
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| 1975 |
27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake & Jean Marsh
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| 1975 |
Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India
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| 1975 |
Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest
|
| 1976 |
Gold ownership legalized in Australia
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| 1976 |
Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge
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| 1976 |
Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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| 1976 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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| 1977 |
"Smokey & the Bandit," premieres
|
| 1979 |
"In The Navy" by Village People hits #3
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| 1979 |
105th Preakness: Ron Franklin aboard Spectacular Bid wins in 1:54.2
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| 1979 |
Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd
|
| 1980 |
"Blackstone" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 104 performances
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| 1980 |
Ringo & Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash
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| 1981 |
Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters
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| 1982 |
IFK Göteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Göteborg
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| 1982 |
Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion
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| 1983 |
NASA launches Intelsat V
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| 1983 |
Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Wash DC
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| 1984 |
"King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
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| 1984 |
110th Preakness: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Gate Dancer wins in 1:53.6
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| 1984 |
STS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad
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| 1984 |
Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat NY Islanders, 4 games to 1
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| 1984 |
Pat LaFontaine scores 2 goals within 22 sec in an NHL playoff game
|
| 1985 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
|
| 1986 |
Anti-apartheid activist Hélčne Pastoors sentenced to 10 yrs in S Afr
|
| 1987 |
1st American Comedy Award
|
| 1988 |
Red Sox retire Bobby Doerr's #1
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| 1988 |
Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US
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| 1989 |
Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1
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| 1989 |
Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas
|
| 1990 |
116th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6
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| 1990 |
General Elvis, TV Drama last airs on ABC
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| 1991 |
"Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" closes at Shubert NYC after 225 perfs
|
| 1991 |
Pat Bradley wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic
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| 1991 |
Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Centel Senior Golf Challenge
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| 1991 |
Willy T Ribbs becomes 1st black driver to make Indianapolis 500
|
| 1992 |
27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary
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| 1992 |
Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa LI
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| 1992 |
Englishman Dave Gauder, 224 lbs, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet, 3 inches
|
| 1992 |
Ric Flair wins NWA wrestling title
|
| 1992 |
VP Dan Quayle sites Murphy Brown as a poor example of family values
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| 1993 |
Boeing 727 crashes into mountain at Medellín Colombia, kills 132
|
| 1993 |
Dow Jones closes above 3,500 for 1st time (3,500.03)
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| 1993 |
Juventus wins 22th UEFA Cup at Torino
|
| 1994 |
Final Episode of LA Law after 8 year run
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| 1994 |
Omar Sharif suffers a mild heart attack
|
| 1994 |
Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center
|
| 1995 |
Emmy 22nd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 15th time
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| 1995 |
World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai
|
| 1996 |
STS 77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit
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| 2161 |
Syzygy: 8 of 9 planets aligned on same side of sun
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