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American Revolution |
1777 |
Whitemarsh skirmishes turn in Americans' favor » |
Automotive |
1976 |
Deaf stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil sets women's land-speed record » |
Civil War |
1865 |
13th Amendment ratified » |
Cold War |
1987 |
Protests against Soviet treatment of Jews take place in Washington and Moscow » |
Crime |
1868 |
Train robbers reach the end of the line » |
Disaster |
1917 |
Ships explode in Canadian harbor » |
General Interest |
1907 |
The Monongah coal mine disaster » |
1917 |
The Great Halifax Explosion » |
1921 |
Irish Free State declared » |
Hollywood |
2005 |
Brokeback Mountain premieres » |
Literary |
1933 |
Ulysses is ruled not obscene » |
Music |
1969 |
The Altamont Festival brings the 1960s to a violent end » |
Old West |
1749 |
French-Canadian explorer La Verendrye dies » |
Presidential |
1884 |
Monument to Washington completed » |
Sports |
1992 |
Jerry Rice scores record-breaking touchdown » |
Vietnam War |
1961 |
Operation Farm Gate combat missions authorized » |
1972 |
Fighting continues in South Vietnam while negotiators talk in Paris » |
World War I |
1917 |
Munitions ship explodes in Halifax » |
World War II |
1941 |
Roosevelt to Japanese emperor: "Prevent further death and destruction" » |
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