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One-Two-GO_Airlines_Flight_269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people. Jim Thome Becomes 23rd Member of 500 Homerun club hitting a walkoff homerun, at home vs. the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
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Hurricane Ivan touches land near Pensacola, Florida, becoming the third (now fourth) costliest hurricane to strike the United States. |
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Black Wednesday: the Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the Deutschmark. |
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The trial of Panamanian "strongman" Manuel Noriega begins in the United States. |
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The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion. |
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Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon. |
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An earthquake hits the city of Tabas, Iran measuring 7.5-7.9 on the Richter scale killing about 25,000 people. |
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30 years ago, American-born Greek soprano Maria Callas died in Paris |
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Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir |
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Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia. The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight. |
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King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule due to the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit. |
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The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City to the world premiere of Samuel Barbers opera, Antony and Cleopatra. |
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First episode of Bewitched is aired. |
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Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. |
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Juan Perón is deposed in Argentina. |
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First Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner episode- Fast and Furry-ous is aired. |
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Concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia was about to align his petroleum-rich country with Germany during World War II, the United Kingdom and the USSR occupy Iran and forced him to resign in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. |
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Sam Rayburn elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, widely regarded as the most effective Speaker of the House in American history. |
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The Wall Street bombing: a bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J.P.Morgan building in New York City - 38 are killed with 400 injured. |
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The American Legion is incorporated. |
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General Motors is founded. |
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Alturas, California, incorporated as the only city in Modoc County. |
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Settlers race in Oklahoma for prime land in the Cherokee Strip. |
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The first game of softball was played in Chicago, Illinois |
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Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist. |
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Russians set fire to Moscow shortly after midnight - the city is burned completely down days later. |
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With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexicos fight for independence from Spain |
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United Kingdom conquers Cape Town, South Africa. |
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American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought. |
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James Francis Edward Stuart,sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland. |
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The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston. |
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Owain Glyndwr declared Prince of Wales by his followers. |
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