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My great grandma Eileen is born
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The parker brothers release the board game Monopoly
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(BBC) Brittish Broadcastig system starts the first public television brodcast in London.
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Emilia Earhart and her flight navigator Fred Noonan take off from Miami attemting an around-the-world flight
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Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia
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The USO begins providing cofee, donuts, and entertainment to United States military
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26 countries agree to form United Nations
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Marine Corps Womans Reserve is created
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Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising
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World War 2 ends
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Organization of American States is founded
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22nd amendment to United States limiting presidents to only two terms is ratified
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Ann Davison becomes first woman to single handedly said the Atlantic Ocean
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Joseph Stalin dies of stroke
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The words "Under God" are added to the Pledge of Alegiance
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Disney Land opens to the public in Anaheim, California
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Alaska is admitted at U.S.A's 49th state
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The New York Newspaper strike ends after 114 days
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John Glenn, first person to orbit the earth, resigns from the space program
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3,500 troops arrive in south vietnam, becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam
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U.S announces that a Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance plane has disappeared over Cuba
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A blow-out on Union Oil's Platform spills 80,000 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil into a channel and onto the beaches of Santa Barbara County in Southern California. This inspires Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson to organize the first Earth Day in 1970
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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect, after ratification by 56 nations
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Apollo 14 lands on the Moon
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People magazine's first issue released. Mia Farrow is on the cover
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The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens
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Apple Computer is incorporated.
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The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law.
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Windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
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United States President Ronald Reagan, during a voice check for a radio broadcast remarks, "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes".
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United Airlines Flight 232 (Douglas DC-10) crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 112. 184 on board survive.
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A Miami, Florida jury convicts former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega of assisting Colombia's cocaine cartel.
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U.S. President Bill Clinton announces his 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy regarding gays in the American military
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is established.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
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The bombings of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya kill 224 people and injure over 4,500; they are linked to terrorist Osama Bin Laden, an exile of Saudi Arabia
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An F5 tornado slams into Moore, Oklahoma, killing 38 people (the strongest tornado ever recorded in world history).
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9/11 attacks: Almost 3,000 people are killed in suicide attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City and The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
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Charles Bishop, a 15-year-old student pilot, crashes a light aircraft into a Tampa, Florida building, evoking fear of a copycat 9/11 terrorist attack.
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STS-107: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on what turns out to be its last flight
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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement adopts the Red Crystal as a non-religious emblem for use in its overseas operations
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United States presidential election, 2008: Barack Obama is elected the 44th President of the United States. Barack Obama becomes the first African-American President-elect
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The World Health Organization expresses concern at the spread of influenza from Mexico and the United States to other countries
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The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns