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2003 - The space shuttle Columbia was disintegrated as it tried to reenter the Earth's atmosphere after a sixteen-day mission in space; all seven members of the crew were dead. 1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran 1979 - Gen Nguyen Ngoc Loan, Saigon's police chief, shoots to the head of a Viet Cong officer, and the image captured in a famous news photograph. 1946 - The first electronic digital computer, ENIAC, is announced at U of Penn 1929 - First Hollywood musical debuts 1898 - First auto insurance policy is issued 1893 - First movie studio is built 1884 - The first volume of the Oxford Dictionary is published 1861 - Texas withdraws 1790 - First session of the US Supreme Court is held in NYC | |
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2003 - Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel steps down after 13 years. 1990 - South African President F. W. de Klerk lifts a ban on the African National Congress. 1982 - First day of Late Night with David Letterman show. 1962 - First US Air Force plane is crashed in Vietnam. 1923 - Lead gasoline is introduced in the market. 1887 - First Groundhog bus hits the road. 1880 - First electric streetlight is installed. 1876 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs is formed. 1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed; in which Mexico ceded to the US a huge portion of what is today California and New Mexico. 1536 - The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza. | |
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1995 - Col. Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the space shuttle. 1994 - Clinton ends Vietnam trade embargo. 1966 - Lunik 9 soft-lands on the moon. 1950 - Klaus Fuchs arrested for passing atomic bomb info. 1924 - President Woodrow Wilson dies. 1917 - US breaks diplomatic relations with Germany. 1913 - The 16th Amendment, establishing federal income tax, is ratified. 1690 - Paper currency is introduced. 1468 - Johann Gutenberg, German printer and inventor, died. | |
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2004 - The Massachusetts Supreme Court declared that gays had the right to marry. 2003 - Yugoslavia is replaced by the loose federation of Serbia and Montenegro. 1969 - PLO is found 1962 - First U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam 1948 - Sri Lanka gains independence from the United Kingdom. 1945 - Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet at the Yalta Conference. 1789 - George Washington is elected | |
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1997 - Three of Switzerland's biggest banks create a fund worth 100 million Swiss francs for Holocaust victims and their families. 1994 - The last Soviet troops leave Kabul. 1988 - Noriega is indicted on U.S. drug charges. 1952 - First "Don't Walk" sign is installed 1917 - Congress passed the Immigration Act, which restricted Asian immigration, over President Wilson's veto. 1917 - Mexico adopts its present constitution. 1878 - First France's Citroen car is built. | |
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1971 - Astronaut Alan B. Shepard hit a golf ball and Edgar Mitchell threw a "javelin" on the moon. They landed in the same crater and remain on the Moon today. 1954 - Mercedes 300SL debuts 1952 - Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. 1933 - The 20th Amendment to the Constitution, which set the date for the president's inauguration on Jan. 20, is adopted. 1917 - German sub sinks U.S. passenger ship "California" 1911 - Ronald Reagan is born 1899 - A peace treaty, which ended the Spanish-American war between Spain and the US, is signed. 1804 - Joseph Priestley, British chemist, died; his work on the isolation of gases led him to discover oxygen in 1774. 1820 - Freed U.S. slaves departs back to Africa 1788 - Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to join the Union. | |
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1999 - King Hussein of Jordan dies. 1992 - European Union is established. 1991 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as first democratically-elected president of Haiti. 1990 - Soviets gives up monopoly on political power. 1984 - First human leaves Shuttle to fly in space. 1974 - The island of Grenada wind its independence from Britain. 1971 - Women in Switzerland were finally granted women the right to vote. 1968 - Forensic evidence for crime solving is introduced. 1904 - Disastrous fire destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in downtown Baltimore. | |
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1924 - The first coast-to-coast radio broadcast takes place. 1924 - The first execution by lethal gas is carried out. 1904 - The Russo-Japanese War begins. 1887 - Dawes Severalty Act ends tribal control of reservations. 1870 - The National Weather Service was established under the U.S. Army Signal Corps. 1693 - College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, becomes the second institution of higher learning in the US. 1587 - Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded. | |
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1991 - Lithuanians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union. 1900 - Davis Cup competition is established. 1965 - First US combat troops is sent to South Vietnam. 1942 - Daylight saving time instituted. 1861 - Jefferson Davis is chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America. | |
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1996 - IBM's computer, Deep Blue, beat the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in the first game of their match. 1970 - Avalanche buries skiers in France. 1967 - The 25th Amendment was ratified, establishing presidential succession.. 1846 - Mormons begin exodus to Utah. 1763 - Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the French and Indian War. France cedes Canada and all its North American territories east of the Mississippi to Great Britain. | |
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1990 - Nelson Mandela is released from prison after more than 27 years. 1989 - Avalanches plague central Europe. 1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini's followers seizes control of the Iran government. 1970 - Japan becomes the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit. 1937 - Simultaneous radio broadcast on all three networks. 1929 - The Lateran Treaty is signed, in which Italy recognizes the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City. 1809 - Robert Fulton is patented the steamboat. | |
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2002 - Milosevic goes on trial for war crimes 1999 - Clinton's impeachment trial is ended (acquitted) 1972 - North Vietnam begins releasing U.S. POWs 1912 - Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen. 1870 - The Utah Territory grants women the right to vote (revoked in 1887). 1818 - Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain. 1809 - Abraham Lincoln is born | |
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1895 - Movie-camera projector is patented to French inventors 1633 - Galileo in Rome to face charges of his Copernican theory | |
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1903 - US Dept. of Commerce and Labor are established 1929 - Penicillin is discovered 1884 - Theodore Roosevelt’s wife and mother die | |
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1965 - Canada adopts maple leaf flag 1942 - Singapore falls to Japan 1934 - Federal Emergency Relief Admin is established 1812 - First Tiffany store is opened | |
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1959 - Fidel Castro is sworn in as PM of Cuba 1923 - Archaeologist opens tomb of King Tut (Egypt) | |
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1979 - China invades Vietnam 1947 - Voice of America begins broadcasts to Russia 1801 - President Thomas Jefferson is elected | |
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1989 - Enzo Anselmo Ferrari, car designer legend, is born 1930 - Pluto, the ninth planet, is discovered 1929 - First Academy Awards is announced | |
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1945 - Marines invade Iwo Jima 1843 - Nicolaus Copernicus, a modern astronomer, is born 1878 - Edison is patented for his phonograph invention | |
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1962 - First orbital flight by an American astronaut 1937 - Legendary driver & designer Roger Penske is born | |
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1972 - Nixon makes the first US presidential visit to China 1970 - Kissinger begins secret negotiations with N. VN 1965 - Malcolm X is assassinated 1948 - NASCAR was officially incorporated 1885 - Washington Monument is built | |
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1967 - Suharto takes full power in Indonesia 1923 - The 1,000,000th Chevy was produced 1879 - Woolworth opens its five-cent store 1819 - The U.S. acquires Spanish Florida 1732 - George Washington is born | |
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1954 - Children receive first polio vaccine 1945 - U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima 1893 - Diesel engine is patented | |
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1991 - Gulf War ground offensive begins 1968 - Hue city is recaptured from N. Vietnam 1927 - Fox demonstrates Movietone sound 1909 - Hudson Motor incorporated 1868 - President Andrew Johnson impeached | |
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1984 - Explosion kills hundreds in Brazil 1986 - Marcos flees the Philippines 1948 - Communists take power in Czechoslovakia 1928 - FCC issues the first television license 1919 - Oregon, the first state, imposes a tax on gasoline 1870 - Hiram R. Revels, 1st African American congressman, is sworn in | |
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1993 - World Trade Center is bombed 1984 - Last U.S. Marines leave Beirut 1968 - Vietnam War: Mass graves discovered in Hue 1965 - First South Korean troops arrive in Vietnam 1935 - The Pontiac "Indian Maiden" mascot was patented | |
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1964 - Leaning Tower of Pisa needs help 1942 - U.S. aircraft carrier Langley is sunk 1936 - Shirley Temple receives $50,000 a film | |
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1993 - ATF raids Branch Davidian compound 1953 - Watson & Crick discover chemical structure of DNA 1932 - The last of five million Ford Model A is produced 1861 - Congress creates Colorado Territory | |
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1960 - Earthquake devastates Moroccan city 1908 - Cadillac standardization is tested | |
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