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EVENTS
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After trailing 9-0, St Louis Cards beat Atlanta Braves 12-11
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1092
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Lincoln Cathedral consecrated
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1336
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Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux
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1386
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Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England
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1460
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Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings
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1502
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Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World
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1519
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Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government
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1573
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Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king
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1588
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Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris
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1671
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Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels
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1689
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English King Willem III declares war on France
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1738
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England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies
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1753
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King Louis XV disbands French parliament
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1754
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1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die"
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1766
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John Byron back in England after trip around the world
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1785
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British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle
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1788
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English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade
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1836
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HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius
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1837
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"Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies
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1846
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Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande
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1862
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Battle of Farmington, MS
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1862
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Battle of Ft Pickens, FL (Pensacola), evacuated by CS
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1862
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US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport, RI
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1864
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-20] Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
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1864
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Battle of Cloyd's Mt, & Swift Creek, VA (Drewery's Bluff, Ft Darling)
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1864
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Battle of Dalton, GA
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1864
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Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark
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1868
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Anton Bruckner's 1st Symphony in C, premieres
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1874
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Victoria Embankment, in London opens
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1882
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Telegraph Hill RR Co organized
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1889
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15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34«
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1896
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1st horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models)
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1899
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Lawn mower patented
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1901
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Australia opens its 1st parliament in Melbourne
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1901
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Cleve's Earl Moore no-hits Chic White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2
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1908
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Dirk Fock becomes governor of Suriname
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1911
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Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland
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1913
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17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote
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1914
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40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4
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1914
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Pres Wilson proclaims Mother's Day
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1915
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German & French fight Battle of Artois
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1916
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British-France Sykes-Picot meet over division of Turkey
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1925
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Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid
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1926
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Richard Byrd & Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole
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1927
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53rd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 2:01.6
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1927
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Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia
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1929
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NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pitts Pirates
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1929
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WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions
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1930
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56th Preakness: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:00.6
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1931
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57th Preakness: George Ellis aboard Mate wins in 1:59
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1932
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58th Preakness: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 1:59.8
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1932
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Piccadilly Circus, 1st lit by electricity
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1932
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WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC
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1933
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Spanish anarchists call for general strike
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1934
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Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University!
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1936
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1st KLM airplane to land on Bonaire
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1936
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Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia)
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1937
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Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6)
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1939
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Catholic church beatified the 1st Native American, Kateri Tekakwitha
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1941
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English Army breaks German spy codes
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1942
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68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57
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1943
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5th German Pantser army surrenders in Tunisia
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1943
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Rotschild-Haddassh University Hospital opens
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1944
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1st eye bank opens (NYC)
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1944
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Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana
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1944
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Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested
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1944
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Joe McCarthy returns as Yankee manager after an illness
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1944
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Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol
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1945
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Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day)
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1945
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Jersey liberated from nazis
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1945
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Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl arrested
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1945
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New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier
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1945
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Norwegian nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested
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1945
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Victory celebration at Red Square
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1946
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1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres
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1946
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1st variety show on TV "NBC's Hour Glass," premieres
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1946
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King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, replaced by Umberto
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1949
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Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway London
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1949
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Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco
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1950
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French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
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1950
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Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville
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1951
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Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River
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1955
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German Federal Republic joins NATO
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1958
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Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship
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1959
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Dorothy Rigney, husband John, & Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox
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1960
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Nigeria becomes a member of British Commonwealth
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1960
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US is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally
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1960
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US send U-2 over USSR
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1961
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Balt Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minn Twins
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1961
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FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a "vast wasteland"
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1961
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Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings
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1962
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Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone
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1962
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Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time
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1962
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
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1963
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1964
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Khrushchev visits Egypt
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1964
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Peter & Gordon release "World Without Love"
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1965
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Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert
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1965
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Luna 5 launched (USSR) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)
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1966
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1st black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer)
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1966
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China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
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1967
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1st flight of Fokker F-28 Fellowship
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1967
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Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam
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1969
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BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick
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1970
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100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War
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1971
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23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton
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1971
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Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)
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1971
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Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes
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1971
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Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Balt Oriole history
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1971
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA San Antonio Alamo Golf Open
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1973
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For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 HRs in a game
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1974
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House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
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1975
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Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
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1975
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Flyers 1-Isles 5-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-2 lead
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1976
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"So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 perfs
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1976
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Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament
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1977
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Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed
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1977
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Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon
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1977
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Patty Hearst let out of jail
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1978
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"Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 1604 perfs
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1978
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Corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro found
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1978
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Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
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1978
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Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in NYC
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1978
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PSV beats Bastica, 3-0, to win UEFA Cup in Eindhoven Neth
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1979
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US & USSR sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons
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1980
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35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
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1981
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Kazimiroff Blvd in Bronx named for a Bronx historian
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1982
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"9" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 739 performances
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1982
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Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in NYC
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1982
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Sally Little wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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1983
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18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Willie Nelson
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1984
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Alexander Calder's "Big Crinkly" sells for $852,000
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1984
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Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (started 5/8)
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1984
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White Sox & Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game
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1987
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183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
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1987
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Actor Tom Cruise (27) & actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry
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1987
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Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit HRs in 2 consecutive games
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1988
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A's winning streak hits 14, ends tommorow
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1988
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Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth
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1988
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Belgium: 8th govt of Martens forms
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1989
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"Saratina!" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 597 performances
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1989
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Journalist petition Chinese govt for freedom of press
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1989
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NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
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1989
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NY Mets Rick Cerone, errors after 159 errorless games as catcher
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1989
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VP Quayle say in United Negro College Fund speech: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing
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1990
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NY Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur
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1990
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Sampdoria wins 30th Europe Cup II
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1991
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Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession
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1991
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Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer
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1992
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America Cup finals begin in San Diego
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1992
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Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV
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1992
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Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe
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1993
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"Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 perfs
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1993
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"Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 53 perfs
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1993
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Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300
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1993
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Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
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1993
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Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in NYC
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1993
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Paraguay holds its 1st pres & parliamentary elections in 50 years
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1994
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"Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 280 performances
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1994
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Mass murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in NY
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1995
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Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0
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1995
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Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus
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1997
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1st US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam
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1997
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San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones
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1998
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ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by
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