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The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Joola capsizes off the coast of Gambia killing more than 1,000. Thirty people are killed in a shooting by terrorists at a temple in Gandhinagar, India. |
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Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turned violent during the IMF and World Bank summits. Express Samina, capsized after running aground near the isle of Paros. 82 people were killed. |
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A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234. An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse. |
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Ben Johnson is stripped of his gold medal in the 100 m sprint at the Seoul Olympics for failing a drug test. |
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United Kingdom agrees handover of Hong Kong. |
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Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war. Australia II, the first non-American winner, wins the Americas Cup. |
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Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter. |
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The Lonie Report in Victoria, Australia recommends rail line closures and freeway expansion. |
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Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time. |
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The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres (710 km²). |
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The Chicago Seven trial begins. The Beatles album Abbey Road is released in the UK. |
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The first Chevrolet Camaro appeared. |
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Yemen Arab Republic is proclaimed. |
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Bob Dylan makes his public debut. |
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In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. Fidel Castro announces Cubas support for the U.S.S.R. |
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West Side Story, by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins opens on Broadway. |
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Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172. |
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United Nations troops recapture Seoul from the North Koreans. Indonesia admitted to the United Nations. |
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World War II: Operation Market Garden fails. |
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Street and Smith Publications launches a half-hour radio program featuring the announcer for its "Detective Stories" radio show, The Shadow, with Orson Welles in the title role. |
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Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched. |
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World War I: Battle of Meuse. |
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act. |
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New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire. |
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A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne. |
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Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France. |
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Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General. |
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Fayette County, Pennsylvania created |
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British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. |
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The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who were besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens. |
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Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe. |
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Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne. |
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