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Lead Story
- 1967 Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl
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American Revolution
- 1777 New Connecticut (Vermont) declares independence
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Automotive
- 1936 Ford Foundation is born
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Civil War
- 1865 Fort Fisher falls
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Cold War
- 1953 Dulles calls for “liberation of captive peoples”
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Crime
- 1981 Hill Street Blues begins run
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Disaster
- 1919 Molasses floods Boston streets
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General Interest
- 1559 Elizabeth crowned queen of England
- 1870 First appearance of the Democratic donkey
- 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. born
- 1970 Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
- 1970 Qaddafi becomes premier of Libya
- 2009 Sully Sullenberger performs Miracle on the Hudson
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Hollywood
- 1993 Last episode of soap opera Santa Barbara airs
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Literary
- 1831 The Hunchback of Notre Dame is finished
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Music
- 1972 “American Pie” hits #1 on the pop charts
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Old West
- 1933 The utopian Amana colony embraces capitalism
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Presidential
- 1973 Nixon suspends military action in North Vietnam
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Sports
- 1967 Packers beat Chiefs in first Super Bowl
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Vietnam War
- 1962 Kennedy says U.S. troops are not fighting
- 1973 Nixon halts military action against North Vietnam
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World War I
- 1919 Rebel leaders are murdered in failed coup in Berlin
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World War II
- 1951 The “Witch of Buchenwald” is sentenced to prison
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