| 1986 |
-- Israeli fighters intercept Libyan liner (passenger plane)
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| 1985 |
-- Naval exercises canceled when US refuses to tell NZ of nuclear weapons
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| 1976 |
-- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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| 1971 |
-- National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC
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| 1970 |
-- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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| 1969 |
-- Yassar Arafats takes over as chairman of PLO
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| 1967 |
-- US launches Lunar Orbiter 3
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| 1965 |
-- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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| 1964 |
-- Amendment 24 outlaws poll tax
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| 1961 |
-- Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure
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| 1957 |
-- 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY)
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| 1952 |
-- 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC NY)
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| 1949 |
-- Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia
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| 1948 |
-- Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares independence from UK
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| 1945 |
-- FDR, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta
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| 1944 |
-- US 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein
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| 1942 |
-- Clinton Pierce becomes 1st US general wounded in action in WW II
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| 1941 |
-- United Service Organization (USO) founded
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| 1938 |
-- Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts
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| 1936 |
-- 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E)
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| 1932 |
-- 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY
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| 1930 |
-- 1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans
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| 1924 |
-- 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix France
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| 1914 |
-- US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law
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| 1903 |
-- Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA beat Winn Victorias, 2 games to 1 & 1 tie
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| 1899 |
-- Revolt against US occupation of Philippines
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| 1895 |
-- 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago
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| 1865 |
-- Robert E Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army
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| 1865 |
-- Hawaiian Board of Education formed
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| 1864 |
-- Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
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| 1864 |
-- 24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax
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| 1861 |
-- Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery Ala, Ga, Fla, La, Miss & SC elect Jefferson Davis pres of Confederacy
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| 1855 |
-- Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela
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| 1854 |
-- Alvan Bovay proposes name "Republican Party," Ripon, Wisc
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| 1849 |
-- University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students
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| 1847 |
-- 1st US telegraph co established in Maryland
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| 1846 |
-- Mormons leave Nauvoo, Mo for settlement in west
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| 1797 |
-- Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 41,000
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| 1789 |
-- 1st electoral college chooses Washington & Adams as Pres & VP
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| 1787 |
-- Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails
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| 1787 |
-- 1st Anglican bishops of NY & Pennsylvania consecrated in London
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| 1783 |
-- Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)
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| 1194 |
-- Richard I Lion Hearted pays Leopold O Fenrik VIs ransom of 100,000
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