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Lead Story
- 1493 Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids
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American Revolution
- 1776 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
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Automotive
- 1965 Bond movie features Aston Martin
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Civil War
- 1861 “Star of the West” is fired upon
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Cold War
- 1952 Truman warns of Cold War dangers
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Crime
- 1984 The Hillside Stranglers
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Disaster
- 1972 Fire breaks out on Queen Elizabeth
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General Interest
- 1768 First modern circus is staged
- 1806 Nelson buried at St. Paul’s Cathedral
- 1972 Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
- 2007 Steve Jobs debuts the iPhone
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Hollywood
- 1976 Stallone starts filming Rocky
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Literary
- 1924 Virginia Woolf buys a house in Bloomsbury
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Music
- 1979 Pop luminaries gather at the U.N. for the Music for UNICEF concert
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Old West
- 1887 Record cold and snow decimates cattle herds
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Presidential
- 1913 Richard M. Nixon is born
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Sports
- 1972 Laker winning streak comes to an end
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Vietnam War
- 1965 Support is pledged to civilian government
- 1967 U.S. officials try to counter claims of Saigon corruption
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World War I
- 1917 Battle of Khadairi Bend begins
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World War II
- 1945 United States invades Luzon in Philippines
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