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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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Tell Us about your most memorable teacher. |
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Today's 5-Minute Quest
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  Use all of these letters to spell the title of a book written by Virginia Hamilton (according to Houghton Mifflin):
EIGHTH GARNET
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Use all of these letters to spell the title of a poem written by Naomi Shahib Nye (according to the Academy of American Poets):
SIGMA FAN KIT
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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 portrait painted by Elaine de Kooning and exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery (according to Artcyclopedia):
RON GARBLED SHORE
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China: Tree Planting Day
(Observed annually on this date) |
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Gabon: Renovation Day
(Observed on the anniversary of the founding of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG): 3/12/1968) |
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Mauritius: National Day
(Celebration of independence from Great Britain: 3/12/1968) |
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Taiwan: Arbor Day
(Commemorates the death of Sun Yat-sen: 3/12/1925) |
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| 1925 | Ann Zwinger (Indiana-born Children's Author) |
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| 1933 | Arlene Alda (New York City-born Photographer, Children's Author) |
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| 1936 | Virginia Hamilton (Ohio-born African-American Children's Author) |
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| Daniel Cohen (Chicago-born Children's Author) |
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| 1952 | Naomi Shihab Nye (Missouri-born Poet, Children's Author) |
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| 1954 | Jim McCafferty (Mississippi-born Children's Author) |
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| 1956 | Diane Gonzales Bertrand (Texas-born Latin-American Novelist, Children's Author) |
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| 1626 | John Aubrey (English Author) |
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| 1685 | George Berkeley (Anglo-Irish Anglican Bishop, Philosopher, Scientist) |
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| 1858 | Adolph Simon Ochs (Ohio-born Publisher of the New York Times) |
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| 1863 | Gabriele D'Annunzio (Italian Novelist, Dramatist, Journalist, Political Leader) |
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| 1889 | Philip Guedalla (English Author) |
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| 1912 | Irving Layton (Romanian-born Canadian Author, Poet) |
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| 1922 | Jack Kerouac (Massachusetts-born Beat Generation Novelist and Poet) |
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| 1928 | Edward Albee (Washington, D.C.-born Pulitzer & Tony Award-Winning Playwright) |
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| 1953 | Carl Hiaasen (Florida-born Novelist, Columnist) |
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| 1963 | Randall Kenan (New York City-born African-American Author) |
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| 1613 | Andre Le Notre (French Landscape Architect Who Designed the Gardens at the Palace of Versailles) |
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| 1918 | Elaine de Kooning (Pennsylvania-born Painter, Educator, Art Critic) |
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| 1710 | Thomas Arne (English Composer Who Wrote Rule Britannia) |
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| 1888 | Hall Johnson (Georgia-born African-American Choral Director) |
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| 1890 | Vaslav Nijinsky (Ukrainian Ballet Dancer) |
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| 1921 | Ralph Shapey (Pennsylvania-born Composer) |
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| 1927 | Mstislav Rostropovich (Russian Composer) |
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| 1790 | John Frederic Daniell (English Meteorologist, Inventor) |
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| 1824 | Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (Russian Physical Chemist, Spectroscoper) |
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| 1838 | William Henry Perkin (English Chemist Who Discovered the First Artificial Dye) |
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| 1925 | Leo Esaki (Japanese Physicist: 1973 Nobel Laureate for Physics) |
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| 1923 | Walter M Schirra, Jr. (New Jersey-born Astronaut) |
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| 1831 | Clement Studebaker (Pennsylvania-born Automotives Pioneer) |
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| 1823 | William Flank Perry (Georgia-born Confederate General, Educator) |
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| 1864 | Charles Young (Kentucky-born African-American Military Leader, Musician, Writer) |
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| 1935 | David Kirk (Mississippi-born Religious Leader, Author, Civil Rights Activist) |
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| 1821 | John Abbott (Canadian Lawyer, Statesman, Prime Minister) |
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| 1854 | George Bullen Shaw (New York-born Member of the U.S. Congress from Wisconsin) |
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| 1877 | Wilhelm Frick (German Statesman; Hitler's Minister of the Interior) |
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| 1922 | Lane Kirkland (South Carolina-born Labor Leader, Rights Activist) |
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| 1932 | Andrew Young (New Orleans-born African-American Statesman, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia) |
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| 1832 | Charles Cunningham Boycott (Ostracized English Land Agent, Namesake for the Term Boycott) |
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| 1921 | Gordon MacRae (New Jersey-born Actor, Singer) |
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| 1931 | William "Buckwheat" Thomas (Los Angeles-born African-American Actor) |
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| 1932 | Barbara Feldon (Pennsylvania-born Actress) |
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| 1940 | Al Jarreau (Wisconsin-born African-American Popular Jazz Vocalist) |
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| 1946 | Liza Minnelli (Los Angeles-born Actress, Singer) |
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| 1948 | James Taylor (Massachusetts-born Popular Singer) |
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| 1864 | Bobby Marshall (Minnesota-born African-American Member of the College Football Hall of Fame) |
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| 1938 | Johnny Rutherford (Texas-born Auto Racer) |
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| 1942 | Bert Campaneris (Cuban-born Major League Baseball Executive) |
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| 1971 | Raul Mondesi (Dominican Republic-born Major League Baseball Player) |
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| 565 | Belisarius (Byzantine General ) |
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| 1898 | Johann Jakob Balmer (Swiss Physical Chemist, Spectroscoper) |
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| 1914 | George Westinghouse (New York-born Inventor, Manufacturer, Founder of the Westinghouse Corporation) |
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| 1925 | Sun Yat-sen (Chinese Revolutionary Leader) |
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| 1929 | Asa Griggs Candler (Georgia-born Coca-Cola Executive, Philanthropist) |
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| 1935 | Michael Pupin (Austrian-American Inventor, Pioneer in Telephony and Telegraphy) |
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| 1955 | Charlie Parker (Kansas-born African-American Jazz Saxophonist) |
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| 1911 | Lillian Masediba Ngoyi (South African Labor and Civil Rights Activist) |
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| 1985 | Eugene Ormandy (Hungarian-American Symphonic Conductor) |
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| 1987 | Woody Hayes (Ohio-born Football Coach, Member of the College Football Hall of Fame) |
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| 1999 | Yehudi Menuhin (New York City-born Violinist) |
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| 2001 | Robert Ludlum (New York City-born Spy Adventure Novelist) |
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| 1365 | The University of Vienna Is Founded by Rudolph IV, Duke of Austria |
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| 1488 | At Kwaaihoek, Portuguese Navigator Bartholomew Dias Erects a Stone Cross, South Africa's Oldest Monument |
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| 1610 | Galileo Publishes Sidereus Nuncius Announcing Discovery of 4 Moons of Jupiter |
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| 1612 | England's King James I Issues the Third Charter of the Virginia Company of London |
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| 1664 | King Charles II of England Grants Land to His Brother James, the Duke of York, Creating the Colony of New Jersey |
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| 1689 | Deposed English, King James II, Lands in Kinsale, Ireland |
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| 1734 | The First Group of German Salzburger Immigrants Reached Savannah, Georgia and Are Greeted with Cannon Salutes |
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| 1737 | Galileo's Body Is Moved to the Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy |
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| 1739 | James Oglethorpe Reaffirms His Support of Georgia's Ban on Slavery |
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| 1803 | The Town of Port Gibson, Mississippi, Is Established |
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| 1806 |
 Clark: We Sent a party again in Serch of the Canoe but they returned unsucksessfull as yesterday Sent one hunter out on this Side of the Netul he did not return this evening. Our party are now furnished with 358 par of Mockersons exclusive of a good portion of Dressed leather, they are also previded with Shirts Overalls Capoes of dressed Elk Skins for the homeward journey. |
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| 1812 | Hoping to Help Drive Out the Spanish, Patriots Proclaim the Independent Territory of East Florida |
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| 1850 | First US $20 Gold Piece Is Minted |
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| West Virginia's Wheeling Hospital Is Incorporated |
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| 1857 | Abolitionist, John Brown, Addresses a Crowd in Concord, Massachusetts |
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| 1862 | Arrival of the Steamship Brother Jonathan in Victoria, British Columbia Triggers Smallpox Epidemic That Kills 14,000 Native Americans |
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| 1863 | President Lincoln Transmits to Senate Treaty with Chiefs and Headmen of Chippewa Indians |
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| 1864 | Union Troops Begins Ill-fated Campaign Up Louisiana's Red River |
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| President Lincoln Assigns U.S. Grant as Commander of the Armies of United States |
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| Residents of Portland, Oregon Celebrate the Arrival of Telegraph Service to the City |
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| Round Table Prints Emily Dickinson's Poem "Some keep the Sabbath going to church." |
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| 1868 | Basotholand is Declared a British Territory after King, Moshoeshoe Asks Britain for Protection |
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| 1877 | Having Suffered a Loss of Population, Duluth, Minnesota Reverts From a City Back into a Town |
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| 1888 | A 36-Hour Blizzard Dumps 40" of Snow on New York City, Causing the Deaths of 400+ People |
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| China Agrees to Treaty Banning Chinese Labors from Immigrating to the U.S. for 20 years |
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| 1894 | Coca-cola Is First Sold in Bottles |
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| 1897 | Langston University Is Founded in Oklahoma |
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| 1898 | The City of Atlanta Accepts George Gress' Gift of the Cyclorama Painting of the Battle of Atlanta |
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| 1901 | Andrew Carnegie Gives New York City $5.2M to Build 65 Branch Libraries |
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| 1904 | Hudson River Tunnel Is Completed |
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| 1908 | Frederick Walker "Casey" Baldwin Is the First Canadian to Fly an Airplane Taking Off From Frozen Lake Keuka |
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| 1912 | In Savannah, Georgia, Juliet Gordon Low Meets with 18 Girls for the First Meeting of the Girl Scouts of America |
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| 1913 | Foundation Stone Is Laid for the Australia's Capital City, Canberra |
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| 1914 | President Woodrow Wilson Signs the Bill Creating the State-Owned Alaska Railroad |
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| 1917 | The Russian Army Sides with Rebels, Forcing the Resignation of the Imperial Government |
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| 1920 | The International Longshoremen's Association Goes on Strike |
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| 1923 | Phonofilm Is Demonstrated as the First Film Capable of Taping Sound |
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| 1926 | The Danish Parliament Votes for Unilateral Disarmament |
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| The Savoy Ballroom Opens in New York City's Harlem District |
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| 1928 | The Los Angles St. Francis Dam Gives Way, Killing 500+ |
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| 1930 | Mohandas Gandhi Begins 200-mile March to Protest British Salt Tax |
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| 1933 | 8 Days After His Inauguration President Franklin Roosevelt Delivers First Radio Fireside Chat |
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| 1934 | The Largest Earthquake in Utah History (6.54) Occurs in Hansel Valley |
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| 1938 | Hitler Announces the Anschluss (Annexation) of Austria |
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| 1939 | Pope Pius XII Is Crowned in Ceremonies at the Vatican |
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| 1940 | Soviet Forces Breach Finland's Defenses Forcing Surrender and Peace Treaty |
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| Richard Wright Delivers a Talk Titled "How `Bigger' was Born" at Columbia University |
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| 1945 | The Part of Transylvania That Was Under Russian Military Rule Is Returned to Romania |
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| 1947 | The Truman Doctrine Is Announced Before a Joint Session of Congress |
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| 1953 | James Watson Writes a Letter to Max Delbruck Describing the Structure of DNA |
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| 1954 | Southwestern Minnesota Experiences a Yellow Snowstorm Caused by Dust From Texas |
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| 1956 | Dow Jones Index Reaches 500 for First Time |
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| 101 Southern Members of the U.S. Congress Pledge to "Use All Lawful Means" to Overturn Brown v. Board of Education |
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| 1957 | 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Occurs Off Alaska's Andreanof Islands |
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| 1959 | The Act to Provide for the Admission of the State of Hawai'i is Signed by President Eisenhower |
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| 1963 | Seattle Voters Reject Proposal to Fluoridate the City's Drinking Water |
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| 1964 | Jimmy Hoffa, President of the Teamsters Union, Is Sentenced to Eight Years in Jail for Bribery |
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| 1965 | U.S. Air Force Launches Photo-Surveillance Satellite from California's Vandenberg AFB |
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| Missouri Wins the First NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships Held in Detroit's Cobo Hall |
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| 1966 | U.S. Conducts 20 kT Underground Nuclear Test in Nevada |
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| 1967 | Rejected Portrait of President Johnson Draws Record Crowd |
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| 1968 | Mauritius Gains Its Independence from Great Britain |
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| In Miami, Gunmen Hijack a National Airlines DC-8 and Force the Crew to Fly It to Havana |
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| The Gabonese Democratic Party Is Established |
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| U.S. Conducts 1.1 kT Underground Nuclear Test in Nevada |
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| Simon and Garfunkel Receive Grammy for Best Song with "Mrs. Robinson" from the Movie The Graduate |
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| 1969 | Beatles Singer/Songwriter, Paul McCartney, Marries Linda Eastman in London |
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| 1970 | U.S. Senate Passes Bill to Lower Legal Voting Age from 21 to 18, Pending House Approval |
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| Three Manhattan Skyscrapers Are Rocked by Separate, Connected Bombs |
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| 1971 | Andromeda Strain Is Released |
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| 1972 | Australian Troops Are Withdrawn from Vietnam |
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| The Detroit Red Wings Retire Gordie Howe's Number 9 |
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| 1974 | Due to Concerns About the Safety of School Children, Michigan Exempts Itself from Federal Daylight Savings Time |
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| 1981 | Soviet Soyuz T-4 Transports Cosmonauts to the Salyut-6 Orbital Station |
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| 1984 | British Mine Workers Begin 51-week Strike |
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| 1985 | Armenian Revolutionaries Storm the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa, Canada, Killing a Guard and Taking Hostages |
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| 1987 | Coca-Cola and Boeing Added to the Dow Industrial Average |
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| 1987 | Les Miserables Opens on Broadway |
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| 1988 | Sudden Hail Storm Creates Stampede at Katmandu Soccer Match: 70 Die, Hundreds Are Injured |
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| 1990 | African-American, Clarence Thomas, Takes the Oath of Office for the District of Columbia Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals |
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| 1993 | Several Bombs Go Off in Bombay, India: 300 Die |
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| Three-Day Superstorm Begins That Will Paralyze the Eastern Half of the U.S.: 270 Die |
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| Janet Reno Is Sworn In as the First Female U.S. Attorney General |
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| 1994 | The Church of England Ordains 32 Females as Its First Women Priests |
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| 1997 | Police Arrest Suspect for Fatal Shooting of Ennis Cosby |
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| 1999 | Poland, Hungary & Czech Republic Join NATO |
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| 2002 | Shuttle Columbia (STS-109) Lands Completing 11-day Hubble Service Mission |
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