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2012 - Enrique Pena Nieto becomes President of Mexico, marking the return to power of the PRI political party after twelve years. 2011 - Hungary implements its Outlaws Homelessness law, which allows the government to imprison or force homeless people to pay up to $600 fine for each violation. 2006 - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $60 million to settle lawsuits against claims of sexual abuse by its priests. 2006 - Felipe Calderón becomes President of Mexico. 1959 - Antarctica made a military-free continent 1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL 1913 - Ford's new car assembly line is introduced | |
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2011 - Honda recalls 313,000 Honda Civics and Accords built between 2001 and 2003 and sold mostly in the US and Canada . 1988 - Two armed men hijacked a bus full of school children and teachers in southern Russia, and Russian officials gave them an Ilyushin-76 to fly to Israel to meet their demand. 1982 - Doctors successfully perform the first implant of a permanent artificial heart at University of Utah Medical Center; the patient, Barney Clark, lived 112 days with the device. 1979 - A mob in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, has burned the US Embassy to the ground, killing a US marine. 1976 - Fidel Castro becomes the President of Cuba after serving as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 2001 - Enron files for bankruptcy 1982 - Barney B. Clark receives the world's first artificial heart transplant. 1959 - Dam collapses in France, killing 412 1902 - The first working V-8 engine is patented in France 1804 - Napoleon crowned crowned king of France | |
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2012 - Former Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor wins the country's presidential election. 1999 - NASA loses contact with Mars Polar Lander shortly before it's planned atmospheric entry. 1984 -Toxic gases leaked from Bhopal Union Carbide Factory, India, kills thousands of people. 1984 - An pesticide plant in India is explodes, killing 2000 1967 - First human heart transplant 1818 - Illinois becomes the 21st state | |
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2012 - Besse Cooper, the world's oldest living person, dies at the age of 116, in Georgia, US. 1991 - Pan American World Airways ( Pan AM ) takes it's last commercial Pan Am Flight 436 from Bridgetown, Barbados, to Miami. 1984 - GM stops production of diesel engines. 1971 - 6,700,000 faulty GM vehicles are recalled. 1945 - Senate approves U.S. participation in United Nations. 1918 - The first US President (W. Wilson) visits Europe. | |
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2012 - World-famous Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck died of heart failure at the age of 91 in Connecticut. 2005 -The Civil Partnership Act, which include same sex partnerships, comes into law in the United Kingdom. 1977 - The first US front-wheel-drive car is introduced. 1955 - Two largest labor groups, AFO and CIO, are merged. 1776 - The first Phi Beta Kappa fraternity is found. 1932 - Ford Model C and V-8 introduced. 1782 - Martin Van Buren, America’s 8th president, is born in New York. | |
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2011 - Elio Di Rupo becomes the Prime Minister of Belgium to establish a new government after a record-breaking 541 days without one. 2004 - Al Qaida attacks the U.S. Consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, with explosives and machine guns, killing nine people. 1994 - Orange County, CA, files for bankruptcy protection due to investment losses of about $2 billion on its multi-billion-dollar investment fund. 1998 - Hugo Chávez Frías, a leader of the left-wing Fifth Republic Movement, is elected to beocme the President of Venezuela. 1989 - The 25 year-old Marc Lépine, armed with a legally obtained semi-automatic rifle, kills 14 women students and injured a further 12 before killing himself at the École Polytechnique, Canada. 1979 - Convertible "Bug" retires 1946 - First Meeting of the United Nations 1942 - Ford makes Jeeps | |
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1989 - Ronald Reagan gives his farewell speech 1988 - Over 25,000 people are killed as a powerful earthquake (measuring 6.9) strikes the north-west Armenia 1941 - Pearl Harbor was bombed in a surprise Japanese attack. 1935 - 1st female solo pilot Earhart flies from HI to CA 1908 - Grand Canyon National Monument is created 1877 - Thomas Edison exhibited the phonograph. 1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes the eighth President of the United States, and the first president was born in the U.S. | |
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1980 - John Lennon, singer, guitarist, songwriter, and poet for the Beatles, is assassinated in New York City by Mark David Chapman. 1932 - Ophelia Caraway: the 1st elected female US senator 1919 - First meeting of Big Four Nations' leaders in Paris 1879 - British-Zulu War begins | |
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1942 - Henry Ford patents plastic car. 1966 - 1st African-American cabinet member is appointed. 1910 - First radio demonstration. | |
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1980 - Gold prices soar $800/ounce. 1966 - Franklin Roosevelt - 1st President travels by airplane. 1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize. 1910 - The first constitution in the American colonies. 1869 - Wyoming, a territory of the U.S., allowed women to vote and hold office. | |
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1970 - Qaddafi serves as Premier of Libya 1941 - US and Britain declare war on Japan. 1941 - US declares war on Germany and Italy. 1936 - Ford Foundation is established 1929 - Martin Luther King Jr. is born 1909 - Hearse used for the first time 1777 - Vermont declares independence from Britain & NY 1559 - Elizabeth crowned Queen of England | |
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1991 - Iraq war - Operations Desert Storm begins 1979 - Shad flees Iran 1945 - Adolf Hitler retires to his bunker hideaway 1913 - Duryea introduced the first hardtop sedan in US | |
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1945 - Soviets capture Warsaw 1928 - The Clip-on tie is created. 1893 - Americans overthrown Hawaiian monarchy 1899 - New car speed (43.69 mph) record is set | |
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1950 - Soviet Union recognizes North Vietnam 1912 - Bentley Motor was established in London 1912 - British explorer Robert Scott reaches the South pole 1899 - New car speed (43.69 mph) record is set 1778 - British explorer James Cook discovers Hawaii | |
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1966 - Indira Gandhi leads India 1950 - China recognizes North Vietnam 1941 - British attack Italians in Africa 1915 - First air raid on Britain 1791 - The Bill of Rights are enacted, amending the U.S. Constitution | |
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1960 - Two airplanes collide over New York City, killing 134 1949 - The first Swedish motorcar is produced 1920 - Around 200,000 people are killed after a powerful earthquake strikes Gansu, China | |
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1976 - The first commercial Concordes takes off 1954 - The world's 1st gas-turbine powered car (FXP-21) 1924 - Vladimir Lenin, the first Soviet leader, dies 1903 - The Wright Brothers made their first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. 1899 - (GM) Opel opens for business 1793 - King Louis XVI executed 1789 - The first American novel published | |
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1973 - US Supreme Court legalizes abortion 1973 - Lyndon Baines Johnson dies in Texas 1905 - Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia 1840 - British colonists reach New Zealand | |
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1973 - Nixon announces peace settlement reached in Paris 1968 - North Korea seizes U.S. ship Pueblo 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell - First woman receives M.D. | |
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1965 - Winston Churchill dies 1927 - First Alfred Hitchcock film opens 1907 - G. Curtiss sets motorcycle-speed record: 136.3mph | |
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2021 - The shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the official day start of winter 1995 - Near launching of Russian nukes 1988 - Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York explodes in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 people on the plane, and 11 people on the ground 1980 - Mao's widow sentenced to death 1949 - First Emmy awards 1942 - Thailand declares war on the U.S. and England 1890 - United Mine Workers of America founded | |
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2010 - US President Barack Obama signs a new law permitting homosexuals to serve openly in the US military, and repealing the 17-year-old policy known as "Don't ask, don't tell" 1989 - The Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown, ending 42 years of communist rule 1971 – The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France 1950 - Republican India born 1945 - Soviets liberate Auschwitz 1918 - Ukraine declares its independence 1905 - World's largest diamond found 1500 - Spanish explorer Vicente Y. Pinzon discovers Brazil | |
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2011 - Yeman President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, surrenders power. 1973 - US-Vietnam Paris Peace Accords signed. 1972 - About 10,000 people are killed as a powerful earthquake (measuring 6.5) strikes Managua, Nicaraguan 1951 - First atomic detonation at the Nevada test site. 1947 - The transistor is invented by U.S. physicists John Bardeen, Walter H. Brittain, and William Shockley. 1944 - Siege of Leningrad lifted. 1943 - First American bombs dropped in Germany. 1899 - Jenatzy captures car-speed record: 49.932 mph. | |
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1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger explodes. 1973 - Vietnam war's cease-fire goes into effect. 1964 - Soviets shoot down U.S. jet. 1956 - Elvis' first TV appearance<.BR> 1902 - Carnegie Institution established. 1818 - Franz Joseph Gruber composed "Silent Night". | |
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2002 - George W. Bush makes “Axis of Evil” speech 1989 - Yugo files for bankruptcy 1979 - Carter & Deng open new China-US relations 1886 - Karl Benz gets his "Motorwagen" patent | |
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2004 - 227,898 are killed as an powerful earthquake (measuring 9.2 magnitude) triggers sea surges that spread Summatra, Indonesia and across the region. 2003 - Over 26,000 people are killed as a powerful earthquake strikes the historic city of Bam in southern Iran 1939 - 32,700 people are killed as a powerful earthquake strikes Turkey. 1933 - Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany. 1948 - Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi. 1882 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born. 1865 - James Mason invents the coffee percolator. 1649 - King Charles I executed for treason. | |
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1990 - First McDonald's opens in Soviet Union. 1971 - Apollo 14 departs for the moon. 1940 - First social security check arrives. 1939 - G. Burns sentenced for buying smuggled goods. 1932 - Radio City Music Hall in New York City opens. | |
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2011 - Muslim, Croat, and Serb politicians in Bosnia agree to form a central government after 14 months of political deadlock. 2007 - King Gyanendra of Nepal is stripped of his powers after the country's provisional parliament voted to abolish the 239-year-old monarchy. 1987 - A wedding party in Nepal turns tragic when 12 people died and 150 people got food poisoning; the illnesses and death were caused by eating tainted meat and consuming infected water. 1984 - AT&T and its Baby Bells are broken up. 1959 - NASA created. 1959 - Cuban dictator Batista falls from power. 1942 - United Nations created. 1908 - Around 72,000 people are killed as a powerful earthquake (measuring 7.1) strikes with a subsequent tsunami in Italy's Messina Strait. 1869 - William F. Semple patented chewing gum. 1856- President Wilson is born in Virginia. | |
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1994 - Chrysler's Neon hits the road. 1984 - Rajiv Gandhi, the son of the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, wins landslide election victory to become Prime Minister of India. 1975 - A terrorist bomb is exploded in the main terminal of New York's LaGuardia airport, killing 11 people. 1974 - Nixon signs highway speed limits. 1940 - Germany drops incendiary bombs on London causing hundreds of fires throughout the city. 1808 - President A. Johnson is born in North Carolina. 1788 - Georgia state joins the U.S. | |
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2006 - Saddam Hussein is hanged in northern Baghdad for crimes against humanity. . 1993 - Israel and the Vatican agree to recognize one another as countries. 1972 - President Nixon orders a halt to the bombing of North Vietnam above the 20th Parallel. 1971 - More than 60,000 Iranian people are deported from Iraq after the end of relations between Iraq and Iran. 1961 - The U.S. severs diplomatic relations with Cuba 1959 - Alaska state joins the U.S. 1938 - March of Dimes is found by Franklin Roosevelt. 1924 - Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galactic systems; the Hubble telescope was later named after him. | |
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1995 - Republican controls 104th Congress after 40 years 1896 - Utah state joins the U.S. | |
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