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On this day, Iran releases the 52 U.S. hostages held in Tehran after 444 days.
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On this day, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed in Washington, D.C. between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
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On this day, Hurricane Hugo struck the East Coast, killing 49 people and causing $7 billion in damage.
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Hurricane Andrew, a category 5 hurricane, killed sixty-five people and caused $26 billion in damage to Florida and other areas of the Gulf Coast.
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On this day in history, a truck bomb exploded in the parking garage under the World Trade Center in Manhattan, killing six people and injuring 1,042 others.
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Nineteen terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and an open field. This ended up killing 2,996 people and injuring over 6,000. Flight 93 was about to make a crash in Washington, D.C., but the passengers fought the terrorists until the plane crashed into the field.
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On this day, a hurricane killed 100 people along the Texas coast, causing $31 billion of damage and contributing to the rise in oil prices.
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On this day, a devastating hurricane hit the Eastern United States coast. There were many states severely impacted by the hurricane, especially New York and New Jersey, which took a direct hit from the storm.