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A chemical plant explosion happened at the EQ Recovery Plant in Romulus, Michigan, forcing residence within 1 to 1? mile radius from the plant to evacuate. |
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US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells. In Jerusalem, 15 people die and 130 are wounded in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing. |
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet. The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official national flag and national anthem. |
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The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership. King Albert II of Belgium is sworn into office. |
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Baseballs all-day-game era officially came to an end when the Cubs beat the Mets 6-4 in Wrigley Fields first night game. |
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9 people are shot dead and 17 more injured as 19-year old Julian Knight opens fire at random in the Hoddle Street Massacre in Clifton Hill |
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The Headington Shark is erected in Oxford. Knebworth Park, Stevenage, UK sees the final live performance of rock band Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury. |
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Peter Jennings hosts his first broadcast of ABCs World News Tonight as sole anchor. |
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As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president. |
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Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, mens hairstylist Jay Sebring, and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles. |
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Singapore seceded from Malaysia and gained independence. Space disasters: A fire at a Titan missile base near Little Rock, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers. |
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World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Fat Man", is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Around 70,000 people were killed instantly. |
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The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time. |
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Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement. World War II: Battle of Savo Island - Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force. |
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Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympic Games. |
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Betty Boop premiered in her first cartoon, Dizzy Dishes. |
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Edward VII is crowned king of the United Kingdom. |
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Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph. |
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Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole - A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army. |
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American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain - At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope. |
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. |
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Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. |
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Opening of the Sistine Chapel |
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Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete. |
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Pope Damasus II dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days. |
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Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta. |
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Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople - A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens is killed along with ? of his army. |
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