| 1779 |
John Adams was named to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain.
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| 1825 |
The first locomotive to haul a passenger train was operated by George Stephenson in England.
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| 1928 |
The United States said it was recognizing the Nationalist Chinese government.
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| 1939 |
Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks
of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
during World War II.
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| 1954 |
"Tonight!" hosted by Steve Allen, made its debut on NBC-TV.
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| 1959 |
A typhoon battered the main Japanese island of Honshu, killing nearly 5,000 people.
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| 1964 |
The Warren Commission issued a report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
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| 1990 |
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Supreme Court nomination of David H. Souter.
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| 1991 |
The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked, 7-7, on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.
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| 1994 |
More than 350 Republican congressional
candidates signed the "Contract with America," a 10-point platform they
pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the U.S. House.
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| 1995 |
The government unveiled its redesigned $100 bill.
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| 1996 |
The Taliban, a band of former seminary
students, drove the government of Afghani President Burhanuddin Rabbani
out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader
Najibullah.
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| 1998 |
Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder was elected chancellor of Germany, ending 16 years of conservative rule.
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| 1998 |
Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his record-setting 69th and 70th home runs during the last game of the season.
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| 1999 |
Tiger Stadium closed after 87 years as home of baseball's Detroit Tigers.
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| 2001 |
An armed man went on a shooting rampage
in the local parliament in Zug, Switzerland, killing 14 people before
taking his own life.
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| 2001 |
President George W. Bush announced plans to bolster airline security in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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| 2005 |
Army reservist Lynndie England was sentenced to three years behind bars for her role in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
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| 2006 |
A gunman took six girls hostage at a high
school in Bailey, Colo.; he molested them and killed one girl before
committing suicide. |
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