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Today's 5-Minute Quest
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  Use all of these letters to spell the name of a state in which Ruth White was a teacher or librarian (according to the Author Corner):
CASUAL HOT IRON |
Use all of these letters to spell the title of a 1928 book by Margaret Mead (according to Authors' Calendar):
ENTIRE SHIRT DRAMA OATH |
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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 name of a player against whom Kathy Whitworth competed in a sudden-death playoff (according to the Women's Senior Golf Tour):
SUN PICS HAZARD |
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 Ruth White Born on This Date 1942 [Carroll County, Maryland]
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 Margaret Mead [University of Rochester]
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 Whoopie Goldberg 
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 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Born on This Date 1933 [Pepperdine University]
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 Kathy Whitworth [Women's Senior Golf Tour]  |
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| The Ides of March |
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Belarus: Constitution Day
(Commemoration of the adoption of the constitution of the Republic of Belarus: 03/15/1994) |
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Hungary: Revolution Day
(Commemoration of students who seized control of the Hungarian government: 03/15/1848) |
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Liberia: Joseph Jenkins Roberts' Birthday
(Commemoration of the birth date of Liberia's first president: 03/15/1809) |
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Palau: Youth Day
(Observed annually on March 15) |
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Virginia: Peter Francisco Day
(Observed annually on March 15 in honor of the life of patriot, Peter Francisco) |
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| 1921 | Maureen Daley (Irish Children's Author) |
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| 1932 | Barbara Cohen (New Jersey-born Children's Author) |
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| 1937 | Sarah Sargent (Virginia-born Children's Author) |
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| 1942 | Ruth White (Virginia-born Children's Author) |
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| 1944 | Adèle Geras (Israeli Children's Author) |
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| 1830 | Paul Heyse (German Author) |
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| 1875 | Wallace Irwin (New York-born Journalist, Writer) |
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| 1936 | James Whitehead (Missouri-born Poet, Novelist) |
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| 1959 | Ben Okri (Nigerian Novelist, Short Story Writer, Poet) |
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| 1835 | Eduard Strauss (Austrian Composer) |
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| 1854 | Emil von Behring (German Bacteriologist: 1901 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine) |
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| 1858 | Liberty Hyde Bailey (Michigan-born Botanist/Horticulturist ) |
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| 1932 | Alan Bean (Texas-born Astronaut ) |
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| 1831 | Edward Aylesworth Perry (Massachusetts-born Confederate General - 14th Governor of Florida) |
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| 1767 | Andrew Jackson (South Carolina-born Seventh President of the United States) |
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| 1779 | William Lamb Melbourne (Prime Minister of England) |
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| 1809 | Joseph Jenkins (J.J.) Roberts (Virginia-born African-American: First President of Liberia) |
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| 1843 | Richard Henry Boyd (Mississippi-born African-American Minister, Entrepreneur, Publisher, Black Nationalist) |
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| 1857 | Christian Michelsen (Prime Minister of Norway) |
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| 1858 | Edward R. Carter (Georgia-born African-American Religious Leader) |
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| 1911 | Ivan Allen, Jr. (Mayor of Atlanta During U.S. Civil Rights Movement) |
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| 1933 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg (New York City-born Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court) |
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| 1947 | Federico Peña (Texas-born Latin-American Statesman) |
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| 1935 | Jimmy Lee Swaggart (Louisiana-born Evangelist) |
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| 1910 | Nick Stewart (New York City-born African-American Producer) |
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| 1912 | Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins (Texas-born African-American Blues Musician) |
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| 1913 | Macdonald Carey (Iowa-born Actor) |
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| 1915 | David Schoenbrun (New York City-born Radio Broadcaster) |
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| 1916 | Harry James (Georgia-born Jazz Trumpeter) |
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| 1935 | Judd Hirsch (New York City-born Actor) |
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| 1944 | Sly Stone (Texas-born African-American Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) |
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| 1877 | Malcolm Whitman (New York City-born Member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame) |
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| 1902 | Henri Saint Cyr (Swedish Olympic Equestrian) |
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| 1926 | Norm Van Brocklin (South Dakota-born Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame) |
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| 1946 | Bobby Bonds (California-born African-American Professional Baseball Player) |
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| 1956 | Clay Matthews (California-born Professional Football Player) |
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| 44 B.C. | Julius Caesar (Roman Emperor) |
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| 1853 | Isaac Johnson (Former Governor of Louisiana) |
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| 1883 | Henry Constantine Wayne (Georgia-born Confederate General) |
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| 1886 | Michael Hahn (Former Governor of Louisiana) |
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| 1888 | Squire Whipple (Massachusetts-born Engineer) |
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| 1891 | Joseph Bazalgette (English Engineer) |
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| 1898 | Henry Bessemer (English Inventor of Method for Strengthening Steel) |
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| 1911 | William Dunnington Bloxham (Former Governor of Florida) |
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| 1975 | Aristotle Onassis (Greek Shipping Tycoon) |
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| 1990 | Tom Harmon (Indiana-born Member of the College Football Hall of Fame) |
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| 1998 | Benjamin Spock (Connecticut Pediatrician) |
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| 44 B.C. | Julius Caesar Is Murdered in the Senate House of Rome |
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| 1493 | Columbus Returns to Spain after First New World Voyage |
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| 1517 | Needing Money the Catholic Church Begins Selling Indulgences to Forgive Past and Future Sins |
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| 1729 | Sister St. Stanislas Hachard, America's First Catholic Nun, Takes Her Vows in New Orleans |
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| 1744 | French King Louis XV Declares War Against England |
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| 1758 | Georgia's Royal Governor and General Assembly Divide the Colony into Eight Parishes |
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| 1783 | General George Washington's Surprise Appearance Ends the Newburgh Conspiracy |
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| 1805 |
 Clark: a fine day I put out all the goods & Parch meal Clothing &c to Sun, a number of Indians here to day They make maney remarks respecting our goods &c. Set Some men about Hulling Corn &c. |
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| 1806 |
Clark: This morning at 11 oClock the hunters arived, haveing Killed four Elk only. Labiesh it Seams was the only Hunter who fell in with the Elk and haveing by some accident lost the foresight of his gun Shot a great number of times and only killed four. as the Elk were scattered we Sent two parties for them, they returned in the evening with four Skins, and the flesh of three Elk, that of one of them haveing become putred from the liver and pluck haveing been carelessly left in the Animal all night. Late this evening we were visited by Ca-tel a Clatsop man and his family. he brought a Canoe and a Sea Otter Skin for Sale neither of which we could purchase of him. the Clatsops which had brought a Canoe for Sale last evening us this morning. Bratten is still very weak and unwell.— |
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| 1820 | Maine Is Admitted as the 23rd State of the United States |
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| 1827 | King George IV Grants Royal Charter for King's College (University of Toronto) |
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| 1840 | Seminole Warriors Attack a U.S. Infantry Unit Near Florida's Fort Drane - No Casualties |
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| 1848 | Hungarians Demand Freedom from Hapsburg Domination |
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| 1855 | Louisiana Governor Paul Octave Hebert Authorizes the First State Health Board |
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| 1861 | President Lincoln Asks Advice of His Cabinet on the Wisdom of Provisioning Ft. Sumter, SC |
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| Michigan Prepares to Provide Troops to the Federal Army if the South Rebels |
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| 1862 | Lincoln Authorizes Commission with Britain and France for Preservation of Atlantic Fisheries |
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| 1864 | Forces of the Union Navy Reach Alexandria, Louisiana |
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| Special Order Issued for 700 Slaves to Construct Defenses Against Federal Forces in Florida |
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| President Lincoln Formalizes the Appointment of Michael Hahn as Military Governor of Louisiana |
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| President Lincoln Issues Directive Regarding the Treatment of Churches in New Orleans |
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| 1865 | President and Mrs. Lincoln Attend a Performance of "The Magic Flute" at Grover's Theater |
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| 1867 | University of Michigan Is First University in the Nation Supported by Direct Property Tax |
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| 1869 | Cincinnati Red Stockings, Baseball's First Professional Team, Plays Its First Game |
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| 1875 | Archbishop John McCloske Is the First American Named a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
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| "Taming of the Shrew" Is Seattle's First Locally Staged Theatrical Production |
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| 1887 | Michigan Appoints First Salaried Game & Fish Warden: William Allen Smith of Grand Rapids |
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| 1906 | Charles S. Rolls & F. Henry Royce Officially Register Rolls Royce |
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| 1913 | Woodrow Wilson Holds First Presidential Press Conference |
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| 1917 | Nicholas II, Russia's Last Czar, Is Forced to Abdicate His Throne |
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| 1919 | The American Legion Is Founded in Paris, France |
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| 1921 | Ellen Glasgow's "The Dynamic Past" Is Published in The Reviewer |
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| 1922 | South Africa's Military Uses Artillery to Attack the Stronghold of Striking Gold Miners |
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| 1927 | West Virginia's State Auditor Resigns from Office after Being Impeached |
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| 1929 | Flooding Covers Elba, Geneva and Brewton, Alabama with Up to 15' of Water |
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| 1933 | State of Georgia Borrows $2M to Keep Its Schools Open |
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| 1937 | First Blood Bank Established at Cook County Hospital, Chicago |
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| The State of Washington Outlaws Dance Marathons |
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| 1939 | NAZI Troops Occupy Czechoslovakia |
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| 1941 | An Unexpected Blizzard Hits North Dakota and Minnesota, Killing 151 People |
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| 1944 | Allied Forces Begin Their Assault on the Italian Town of Cassino with Heavy Bombing |
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| 1946 | Asiatic Land Tenure and Trading Act Further Restricts Rights of Indians in South Africa |
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| 1954 | "Sh-boom", the First Doo-wop Song, Is Recorded by The Chords |
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| 1955 | Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame" Is Put on Tape for Release |
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| 1956 | My Fair Lady Opens on Broadway |
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| 1960 | President Eisenhower Designates Key Largo Coral Reef as First Underwater Preserve |
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| 200 Students Stage Sit-ins at Ten Lunch Counters in Downtown Atlanta |
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| Kitt Peak National Observatory Is Dedicated in Arizona |
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| 1961 | South Africa Withdraws from the British Commonwealth |
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| 1963 | Victor Harry Feguer Is the Last Criminal Executed in Iowa |
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| 1965 | President Johnson Declares War on Poverty |
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| TGIFriday's First Restaurant Opens in New York City |
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| 1967 | Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva Sworn in as President of Brazil |
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| 1969 | The New Yorker Publishes Eudora Welty's "The Optimist's Daughter" |
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| 1970 | Purlie Opens on Broadway |
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| 1972 | Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Premieres in New York City |
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| Fred Bear Is the First Person Inducted into the Archery Hall of Fame |
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| 1973 | President Nixon Warns North Vietnamese about Cease-fire Violations |
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| 1976 | NASA Launches SOLRAD 11A Satellite to Monitor Solar X-ray, UV, and Particle emissions |
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| 1977 | Eight is Enough Premieres on ABC-TV |
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| 1981 | Passengers and Crew of a Pakistan Airways Plane Are Released in Syria After Nearly Two Weeks. |
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| 1983 | 5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Kills One in Honshu, Japan |
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| 1985 | Ohio's Governor Temporarily Halts All Business at the State's Savings and Loan Institutions |
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| 1987 | Starlight Express Opens at Gershwin Theater NYC |
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| Sweet Charity Closes at New York City's Minskoff Theater |
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| 1989 | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Is Promoted to Cabinet Rank |
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| Mikhail Gorbachev Calls for Introduction of Free Market into Soviet Farms |
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| 1990 | Iraqi Government Executes British Journalist, Farzad Bazoft, for Espionage |
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| Sikh Members of RCMP Allowed to Wear Turbans on Duty |
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| 1990 | The Ford Explorer Is Introduced to the Public |
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| 1991 | Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union Is the First Athlete to Pole Vault 20' |
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| 1993 | 6.7 Magnitude Earthquake Is Centered Near the Coast of Northern Chile |
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| 1994 | Adobe Systems Announces Plan to Buy Aldus Corporation, Maker of Pagemaker |
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| Michigan Voters Shift School Funding Support from Property Tax to Sales Tax |
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| 1995 | Shareholders Approve $10B Merger of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta Corporation |
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| 1997 | North Carolina Basketball Coach, Dean Smith, Record His 877th Win, an NCAA Record |
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| 1999 | Maurice Ashley Is the First African-American Grandmaster |
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| Curtis Mayfield Is Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a Second Time |
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| 2002 | Angola' s Government Begins Peace Talks to End 27-year Civil War Against UNITA Rebels |
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