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Hurricane Dorothy killed 51 people in Martinique. Winds with speeds close to 70 mph.
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Bulgaria adopts its constitution. The population is now 7,364,570.
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Hurricane Agnes, a category 1 hurricane, wrecks havoc in the states Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and Virginia. This caused 128 deaths, and there were 48 deaths in the worst hit state, Pennsylvania.
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Mary Boitano is 1st the first women a 6.8 mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, San Francisco Bay in California. She was 10 years old, beating a field of 1,500 runners.
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A trampoline team of 6 wins longest bouncing in a marathon. They bounced for 1,248, or 52 days. They won the marathon in London, England.
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Two passenger trains collide near Munich, Germany. This crash caused 35 deaths.
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The Liberty Bell moves to its new place- right behind Independence Hall in Pennsylvania. It is still standing there today.
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The worlds largest crowd was 12.7 million people in India. The crowd was for a religious festival.
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Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey dies. He died in Waverly, Minnesota, at 66 years old.
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Michael Cairney makes a record of dominoes. The amount was a line of 169,713 dominoes. This event was in Alencon, France.
