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| Teaching - there can be no finer calling requiring the clearest demonstration of moral and ethical behavior. Ira Shull, For the Love of Teaching |
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| Why do you teach? Let Us Know. | 
| Tell Us about your most memorable teacher. |
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Today's 5-Minute Quest
Good Luck! |
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  Use all of these letters to spell the title of a children's book by Jules Feiffer (according to HarpersChildren):
ROAM SLY BITE |
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(hint: all three questions will require you to use a link found on this page)
Use all of these letters to spell the title of a play written by May Miller (according to African American Registry)
TRAC CHESS |
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Australia: Australia Day
(Commemoration of the landing of the first European settlers in Australia: 01/26/1788) |
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Dominican Republic: Day of Juan Duarte
(Commemorates the birth date of Juan Pablo Duarte - father of Dominican independence): 01/26/1813) |
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India: Republic Day
(Commemorates the proclamation of India as a sovereign republic: 01/26/1950) |
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Uganda: NRM (National Resistance Movement) Day
(Commemorates the 1986 liberation of Uganda by the National Resistance Army led by Yoweri Museveni who became President of Uganda) |
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| 1831 | Mary Mapes Dodge (New York City-born Children's Author) |
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| 1937 | Charles Mikolaycak (Pennsylvania-born Children's Author, Illustrator) |
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| 1956 | Ashley Wolff (Massachusetts-born Children's Author) |
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| 1871 | Samuel Hopkins Adams (New York-born Author) |
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| 1899 | May Miller (Washington, D.C.-born African-American Playwright) |
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| 1946 | Christopher Hampton (English Playwright) |
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| Gene Siskel (Chicago-born Journalist, Film Critic) |
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| 1714 | Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (French Sculptor) |
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| 1876 | Julia Morgan (San Francisco-born Architect |
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| 1929 | Jules Feiffer (New York City-born Children's Author, Illustrator Awarded the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning) |
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| 1938 | James Cloutier (Oregon-born Humorist, Illustrator) |
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| 1924 | Warren Benson (Michigan-born Composer) |
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| 1981 | Gustavo Dudamel (Venezuela-born Conductor/Educator) |
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| 1884 | Roy Chapman Andrews (Wisconsin-born Explorers) |
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| 1893 | Bessie Coleman (Texas-born African-American Aviator) |
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| 1911 | Polykarp Kusch (Germany-born 1955 Nobel Laureate for Physics) |
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| 1880 | Douglas MacArthur (Arkansas-born American General) |
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| 1940 | Sherian Cadoria (Louisiana-born African-American General) |
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| 1715 | Claude-Adrien Helvetius (Paris-born Philosopher) |
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| 1763 | Charles XIV John (King of Sweden and Norway) |
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| 1813 | Juan Pablo Duarte ("Father of Dominican Independence") |
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| 1815 | Arthur McArthur (Scottish-born Governor of Wisconsin) |
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| 1816 | Benjamin Flanders (New Hampshire-born Governor of Louisiana) |
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| 1832 | George Shiras, Jr. (Pennsylvania-born Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) |
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| 1836 | Lucius F. Hubbard (New York-born Governor of Minnesota; Namesake of Hubbard County, Minnesota) |
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| 1861 | Frank O. Lowden (Minnesota-born Governor of Illinois) |
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| 1878 | S. Edward Hall (Minnesota-born African-American Businessman, Civil Rights Activist) |
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| 1904 | Seán MacBride (Irish-born 1974 Nobel Laureate for Peace) |
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| 1914 | John Sammons Bell (Georgia-born Attorney, Jurist) |
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| 1918 | Nicolae Ceausescu (Romanian Dictator) |
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| 1944 | Angela Davis (Alabama-born African-American Civil Rights Activist) |
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| 1958 | Xavier Becerra (Cuban-American California-born Latin-American Member of the U.S. Congress) |
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| 1905 | Maria von Trapp (Austrian-born Subject of The Sound of Music) |
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| 1925 | Paul Newman (Ohio-born Actor) |
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| 1928 | Ertha Kitt (South Carolina-born African-American Popular Singer) |
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| Roger Vadim (Paris-born Filmmaker) |
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| 1953 | Lucinda Williams (Louisiana-born Popular Singer) |
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| 1957 | Eddie Van Halen (Dutch Popular Musician) |
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| 1958 | Ellen DeGeneres (Louisiana-born Comedic Actress, Talk Show Host) |
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| 1935 | Bob Uecker (Wisconsin-born Professional Baseball Player; Milwaukee Brewers Broadcaster) |
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| 1961 | Wayne Gretsky (Canadian Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame) |
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| 1823 | Edward Jenner (English Physician Who Discovered a Vaccine for Small Pox) |
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| 1932 | William Wrigley (Pennsylvania Founder of Wrigley Gum) |
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| 1938 | Matilde Montoya (Mexico's First Female Doctor) |
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| 1948 | John Alan Lomax (Mississippi-born Folklorist) |
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| 1979 | Nelson Rockefeller (New York-born U.S. Congressman, Vice-President of the United States) |
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| 1983 | Paul "Bear" Bryant (Arkansas-born Coach, Member of the College Football Hall of Fame) |
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| 2000 | Don Budge (California-born Member of the Tennis Hall of Fame) |
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| 1500 | Spanish Explorer Vicente Yanez Pinzon Makes First Recorded Sighting of Brazil's Coast |
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| 1531 | Earthquake Kills 30,000 in Portugal |
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| 1654 | Portuguese-Jewish Families Flee Brazil for the American Colonies |
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| 1700 | Magnitude 9 Earthquake Along U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Triggers Tsunami in Japan |
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| 1767 | 40 British Immigrants Create the Utopian Town of Rolletown, Florida |
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| 1788 | Capt. Arthur Phillip Leads Landing of First European Settlers in Australia |
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| 1779 | 400 Patriots and British Loyalists Skirmish on the Banks of Savannah, Georgia's McIntosh Creek |
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| 1802 | President Jefferson Approves Law Defining Functions of Library of Congress |
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| 1804 | Associate Justice Alfred Moore Resigns from the U.S. Supreme Court |
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| 1805 |
 Clark: a verry fine warm Day Several Indians Dine with us and are much Pleased— one man taken violently Bad with the Plurisee, Bleed & apply those remedeis Common to that disorder. Ordway: Cloudy & warm the Wind from the South. the party at work Same as yesterday. the Savages brought us considerable corn this day. Gass: A pleasant day and all hands employed in cutting wood, to make charcoal. We have a blacksmith [Shields] with us, and a small set of blacksmith tools. The blacksmith makes war-axes, and other axes to cut wood; which are exchanged with the natives for corn, which is of great service to us as we could not bring much with us. |
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| 1806 |
Lewis: Werner and Howard who were sent for salt on the 23rd have not yet returned, we are apprehensive that they have missed their way; neither of them are very good woodsmen, and this thick heavy timbered pine country added to the constant cloudy weather makes it difficult for even a good woodsman to steer for any considerable distance the course he wishes. we ordered Collins to return early in the morning and rejoin the salt makers, and gave him some small articles of merchandize to purchase provisions from the Indians, in the event of their still being unfortunate in the chase.
The Shallun or deep purple berry is in form much like the huckkleberry and terminates bluntly with a kind of cap or cover at the end like that fruit; this shrub retains it's virdure very perfectly during the winter and is a beautifull
Ordway: considerable of Snow fell in the course of last night and continues this morning, and cold freezing weather the Snow is this evening about 5 Inches deep on a level.— |
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| 1836 | Calhoun County, Florida Is Created in Honor of John C. Calhoun |
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| 1837 | Michigan Is Admitted as the 26th State of the Union |
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| 1838 | Tennessee Passes Nation's First Prohibition Law |
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| 1839 | Republic of Texas Homestead Law Sets Aside Land for Public Schools and Colleges |
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| Republic of Texas Charters the Houston and Brazos Railroad |
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| Alabama's First State Prison Is Established by Legislative Act |
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| 1841 | British Formally Occupy Hong Kong |
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| 1846 | The Georgia Supreme Court Convenes for the First Time in Talbotton |
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| 1848 | Henry David Thoreau Lectures on "Relation of Individual to State" |
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| 1856 | Salish Warriors Led by Chief Leschi Attack the Village of Seattle, Washington |
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| Georgia's Governor Signs Legislation Creating Haralson County |
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| 1861 | Louisiana Is the Sixth Southern State to Secede from the Union |
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| President-elect Lincoln Agrees to Stop in Indianapolis on His Way to Washington, D.C. |
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| 1863 | General Joe Hooker Takes over the Army of the Potomac |
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| Secretary of War Edwin Stanton Authorizes the Enlistment of African-American Troops |
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| Mrs. Lincoln Borrows "Buckland Natural History" from the Library of Congress for Her Son Tad |
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| President Lincoln Acknowledges Receipt of "Emancipation March" from Iowa Music Teacher |
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| 1864 | President & Mrs. Lincoln Host Public Reception Attended by 8,000 at the Executive Mansion |
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| Indiana's 17th, 24th, and 44th Regiments Return to Indianapolis and Are Honored by the Governor Morton at the State House |
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| Asa Mercer Recruits Lowell, Massachusetts Women to Teach in the Washington Territory |
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| 1870 | President Grant Signs Bill Readmitting Virginia to Representation in Congress |
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| 1875 | George F. Green of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Patents the Electric Dental Drill |
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| Pinkertons Maim Frank and Jesse James' Mother |
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| 1893 | R.L. Williams Produces the First Piece of McDade Pottery |
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| 1896 | South Africa's Wellington College of Education Opens |
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| 1898 | Joseph McKenna Sworn in As Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
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| 1900 | Teddy Roosevelt Writes Letter First Using "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick" |
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| 1905 | World's Largest Gem-quality Diamond (1.3 lbs) Discovered in South African Mine |
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| 1909 | Milk-Bone Brand Trademark Is Registered |
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| 1911 | In San Diego, Glenn Curtiss Completes First Successful Aircraft Takeoff and Landing on Water |
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| 1918 | Former Russian State of Ukraine Declares Its Independence |
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| 1923 | Arkansas Becomes the "Wonder State" by Senate Resolution |
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| 1928 | First Commercial Airway Service to Georgia Begins with Flights Between Atlanta and New York |
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| 1931 | Bellingham, Washington City Council Passes Ordinance Prohibiting Dance Marathons |
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| 1932 | Ernest Lawrence Submits a Patent Application for the Cyclotron |
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| 1934 | Sam Goldwyn Buys Movie Rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
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| 1939 | Franco Captures Barcelona |
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| Niels Bohr Announces the Discovery of Fission at an Annual Conference of Theoretical Physicists |
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| 1940 | Ronald Reagan Marries Jane Wyman |
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| 1945 | Soviet Troops Begin Liberating Auschwitz Concentration Camps in Poland |
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| Audie Murphy, Earns the Medal of Honor by Single-Handedly Repelling a German Attack |
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| 1948 | President Truman Signs Executive Order Ending Segregation in Armed Forces |
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| 1949 | First Guided Missile Is Launched from a Ship, U.S.S. Norton Sound |
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| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company Announces the Invention of a Machine for the Mass Recording of Tapes |
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| 1950 | India Is Proclaimed a Sovereign Republic |
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| 1952 | At Least 20 Killed in Anti-British Riots in Cairo, Egypt |
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| 1956 | University of Michigan Hosts Symposium on "The Scientific Uses of Earth Satellites" |
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| Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Is Arrested for Speeding in Montgomery, Alabama |
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| 1959 | The First Alaska State Legislature Convenes at Juneau |
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| 1960 | Danny Heater Scores 135 Points Leading Burnsville High School, WV to a 173-43 Victory |
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| 1962 | U.S. Launches Ranger 3 in Failed Effort to Land Scientific Instruments on Moon |
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| 1965 | Noah W. and Joseph S. McVicker of Cincinnati, Ohio Receives Patent #3,167,440 for Play-Doh® |
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| 1967 | Iowa Legislature Ratifies the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution |
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| NASA Launches ESSA-4 to Provide Worldwide Cloud-Cover Photography |
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| 1969 | Police Tear-gas Czech Protesters Mourning Anti-Soviet Student Martyr |
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| 1970 | Navy Lt. Everett Alvarez Jr. Spends 2,000th Day in Captivity as SE Asia POW |
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| 1971 | Food for the Hungry Is Founded in Glendale, California |
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| NASA Launches Intelsat 4 Commercial Communications Satellite |
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| 1972 | North Vietnam Rejects U.S. Peace Proposal |
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| 1978 | NASA Launches the International Ultraviolet Explorer Satellite |
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| 1980 | U.S. Olympic Committee Asks That Moscow Olympics Be Cancelled or Moved |
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| 1982 | British Unemployment Rises to 3M for First Time Since 1930s |
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| 1985 | Magnitude 6 Earthquake Kills 6 in Argentina |
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| 1986 | The National Resistance Army of Takes Control of Uganda |
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| Chicago Bears Defeat the New England Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX |
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| 1987 | Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake Kills 1 in Algeria |
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| 1988 | Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera Opens on Broadway |
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| 1991 | Rebels Overrun the Somalian Capital of Mogadishu |
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| 1993 | Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Destroys 6,972 Houses in China's Yunnan Province |
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| Former Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel Is Elected President of the Czech Republic |
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| 1995 | Cadbury Schweppes Buys Dr. Pepper/Seven-Up for $1.7 Billion |
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| 1996 | First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Testifies before Whitewater Probe Grand Jury |
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| 1998 | President Clinton Denies Affair with White House Intern Monica Lewinsky |
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| Filming Begins on Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions |
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| 2001 | Earthquake Kills 20,005 on Indian Subcontinent |
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| Georgia's Senate Committee Votes 4-3 to Change Georgia's State Flag |
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| 2005 | U.S. Senate Confirms Condoleezza Rice As Secretary of State |
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