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Waziristan War ends. US and Pakistani Troops leave Waziristan mountain area. |
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The Natural Bridge, a very popular tourist attraction in Aruba, collapses after thousands of years in good condition. |
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Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed. |
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The UNs International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide. |
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A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacaņang Palace. |
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The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. |
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Transnistria unilaterally proclaimed as Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void. |
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NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation was re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19. |
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The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York. |
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CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network televisions first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes. |
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U.S. Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan, Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew lost. |
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Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). |
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Combat in World War II ends in the Pacific Theater: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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World War II: Following the invasion of Poland, Freie Stadt Danzig Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) is annexed to Nazi Germany. |
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Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: A large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423. |
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The U.S. Zeppelin the USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14. |
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Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair. |
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Battle of Omdurman - British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establishing British dominance in the Sudan. |
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In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who were struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town. |
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Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan - Prussian forces take French Emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner. |
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Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor of Japan, marries Masako Ichijo. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko. Since her death in 1914, shes called by the posthumous name Empress Shoken. |
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American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city. |
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American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Popes disastrous defeat at the Battle of Second Bull Run. |
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Oberlin College is founded by John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart. |
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British Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon. |
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During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers. |
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The United States Department of the Treasury is founded. |
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The United Kingdom adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe. |
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The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Pauls Cathedral. |
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The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro. |
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