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APRIL 22 |
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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
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Children's Memorial Flag Day
(Observed on this date since 1998 to increase public awareness of violent children's deaths) |
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Earth Day
(Since 1970) |
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The Bahá'í Faith: Festival of Ridván
(sunset 4/21 - sunset 5/2: commemorates Baha'u'llah's 1863 stay in "Garden of Ridvan" as God's messenger.) |
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Brazil: Discovery Day/Dia do Descobrimento
(Commemorates the discovery of Brazil by Pedro Alvarez Cabral in 1500) |
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1887 | Kurt Wiese (German-American Children's Author, Illustrator) |
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1923 | Paula Fox (New York City-born Children's Author Awarded the 1974 Newbery Medal for Slave Dancer) |
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1940 | Ron Koertge (Illinois-born Poet, Children's Author) |
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1943 | Eileen Christelow (Washington, D.C.-born Children's Author, Illustrator) |
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1952 | Kathy Stinson (Canadian Children's Author) |
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1707 | Henry Fielding (English Novelist, Dramatist) |
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1766 | Germaine de Stael (French-Swiss Literary Critic, Novelist) |
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1816 | Philip James Bailey (English Poet, Critic) |
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1873 | Ellen Glasgow (Virginia-born Author Awarded the 1942 Pulitzer Prize for Novel) |
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1876 | Ole Edvart Rölvaag (Norwegian-American Novelist) |
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1887 | James Norman Hall (Iowa-born Novelist) |
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1882 | Benjamin Brawley (South Carolina-born African-American Literary & Social Historian) |
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1918 | William Jay Smith (Louisiana-born Poet) |
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1942 | Louise Glück (New York City-born Poet) |
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1858 | Paul Dresser (Composer of the Indiana State Song "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away") |
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1904 | Dorothy Alexander (Georgia-born Ballet Dancer, Choreographer; Founder of the Atlanta Ballet) |
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1916 | Yehudi Menuhin (New York City-born Violinist) |
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1932 | Michael Colgrass (Chicago-born Composer) |
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1944 | Steve Fossett (Tennessee-born Aviator) |
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1891 | Harold Jeffreys (English Geophysicist, Astronomer) |
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1904 | J. Robert Oppenheimer (New York City-born Nuclear Physicist Who Headed Development of the World's First Atomic Bomb) |
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1831 | Alexander McCook (Ohio-born Union General) |
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1724 | Immanuel Kant (German Philosopher) |
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1866 | Martha Helena Cillié (South African Teacher, Headmistress at the Wellington Huguenot Ladies Seminary) |
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1451 | Queen Isabella I of Spain Who Sponsored Columbus' Voyage to the New World |
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1812 | James Ramsey (Scottish Statesman, Governor General of India: 1847-56) |
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1818 | Cadwallader Colden Washburn (Maine-born Business Leader in Minnesota; Wisconsin U.S. Congressman and Governor (1872-74), Namesake of Washburn County, Wisconsin) |
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1830 | Emily Davies (English Advocate for University Education for Women) |
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1837 | David Brydie Mitchell (Scottish-American Governor of Georgia) |
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1870 | Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov Lenin (Russian Communist Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution) |
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1899 | Martyn Green (English Singer and Actor of Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas) |
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1906 | Eddie Albert (Illinois-born Actor) |
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1919 | Benjamin "Bull Moose" Jackson (Ohio-born African-American Saxophonist ) |
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1922 | Charles Mingus (Arizona-born African-American Jazz Bass Player, Composer) |
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1923 | Aaron Spelling (Texas-born Television Producer) |
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1926 | Charlotte Rae (Wisconsin-born Actress) |
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1936 | Glen Campbell (Arkansas-born Popular Singer, Actor) |
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1937 | Jack Nicholson (New Jersey-born Actor) |
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1950 | Peter Frampton (English Popular Musician) |
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1903 | Alexander Ramsey (Minnesota's First Territorial Governor and Second State Governor; A Founder of the Minnesota Historical Society) |
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1908 | Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Scottish-born Prime Minister of Great Britain: 1905-08) |
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1971 | Jean-Claude Duvalier (Haitian Dictator) |
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1978 | Will Geer (Indiana-born Actor) |
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1984 | Ansel Adams (San Francisco-born Photographer) |
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1988 | Irene Rich (New York-born Born Silent Film Actress) |
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1994 | Richard Nixon (California-born 37th President of the United States) |
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1996 | Erma Bombeck (Ohio-born Humorist) |
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2003 | Felice Bryant (Wisconsin-born Songwriter; Member of the Country Music Hall of Fame) |
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1500 | Pedro Alvares Cabral Claims Brazil for Portugal |
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1540 | Spanish Explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Leaves Culiacán in Mexico in Search of the Seven Cities of Cíbola |
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1564 | Rene de Laudonniere, Leading Three Ships Carrying 200 Colonists, Mostly Huguenots, Sails From France for Florida |
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1689 | Spanish Explorer Alonso De León Discovers the Ruins of a French Settlement, Fort St. Louis, on the Texas Coast |
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1715 | In England, a Solar Eclipse Occurs as Predicted by Reverend John Flamsteed, the First Astronomer Royal |
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1774 | The New York Tea Party Takes Place as the Sons of Liberty Empty Cargo From the Ship London into the New York Harbor |
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1778 | Commander John Paul Jones Sets the Town of Whitehaven, England Afire |
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1805 |
![]() Lewis: Set out at an early hour this morning; proceeded pretty well untill breakfat, when the wind became so hard a head that we proceeded with difficulty even with the assistance of our toe lines. the party halted I asscended to the top of the cutt bluff this morning, from whence I had a most delightfull view of the country, the whole of which except the vally formed by the Missouri is void of timber or underbrush, exposing to the first glance of the spectator immence herds of Buffaloe, Elk, deer, & Antelopes feeding in one common and boundless pasture. we saw a number of bever feeding on the bark of the trees alonge the verge of the river, several of which we shot, found them large and fat. walking on shore this evening I met with a buffaloe calf which attatched itself to me and continued to follow close at my heels untill I embarked and left it. it appeared allarmed at my dog which was probably the cause of it's so readily attatching itself to me. Capt Clark informed me that he saw a large drove of buffaloe pursued by wolves today, that they at length caught a calf which was unable to keep up with the herd. the cows only defend their young so long as they are able to keep up with the herd, and seldom return any distance in surch of them.— |
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1806 |
![]() Lewis: Last night two of our horses broke loos from the picquits and straggled off some little distance, the men who had charge of them fortunately recovered them early. at 7 A. M. we set out having previously sent on our small Canoe with Colter and Potts. we had not arrived at the top of a hill over which the road leads opposite the village before Charbono's horse threw his load, and taking fright at the saddle and robe which still adhered, ran at full speed down the hill, near the village he disengaged himself from the saddle and robe, an indian hid the robe in is lodge. I sent our guide and one man who was with me in the rear to assist Charbono in retaking his horse which having done they returned to the village on the track of the horse in surch of the lost articles they found the saddle but could see nothing of the robe the indians denyed having seen it; they then continued on the track of the horse to the place from whence he had set out with the same success. being now confident that the indians had taken it I sent the Indian woman on to request Capt. C. to halt the party and send back some of the men to my assistance being determined either to make the indians deliver the robe or birn their houses. they have vexed me in such a manner by such repeated acts of villany that I am quite disposed to treat them with every severyty, their defenseless state pleads forgiveness so far as rispects their lives. with this resolution I returned to their village which I had just reached as Labuish met me with the robe which he informed me he found in an Indian lodg his behind their baggage. I now returned and joined Capt Clark who was waiting my arrival with the party. the Indian woman had not reached Capt C. untill about the time I arrived and he returned from a position on the top of a hill not far from where he had halted the party. from the top of this emmenense Capt. C. had an extensive view of the country. he observed the range of mountains in which Mount Hood stands to continue nearly south as far as the eye could reach. he also observed the snow clad top of Mount Jefferson which boar S. 10 W. Mount Hood from the same point boar S. 30 W. the tops of the range of western mountains are covered with snow. Capt C. also discovered some timbered country in a Southern direction from him at no great distance. we now made the following regulations as to our future order of march (viz) that Capt. C. & myself should devide the men who were disencumbered by horses and march alternately each day the one in front and the other in rear. haveing divided the party agreeably to this arrangement, we proceeded on through an open plain country about 8 miles to a village of 6 houses of the Eneshur nation, here we observed our 2 canoes passing up on the opposite side; the wind being too high for them to pass the river they continued on. we halted at a small run just above the village where we dined on some dogs which we purchased of the inhabitants and suffered our horses to graize about three hours. there is no timber in this country we are obliged to purchase our fuel of the natives, who bling it from a great distance. while we halted for dinner we purch a horse. after dinner we proceeded on up the river about 4 miles to a village of 7 mat lodges of the last mentioned nation. here our Chopunnish guide informed us that the next village was at a considerable distance and that we could not reach it tonight. the people at this place offered to sell us wood and dogs, and we therefore thought it better to remain all night. a man blonging to the next village above proposed exchanging a horse for one of our canoes, just at this moment one of our canoes was passing. we hailed them and ordered them to come over but the wind continued so high that they could not join us untill after sunset and the Indian who wished to exchange his horse for the canoe had gone on. Charbonoe purchased a horse this evening. we obtained 4 dogs and as much wood as answered our purposes on moderate terms. we can only afford ourselves one fire, and are obliged to lie without shelter, the nights are cold and days warm.— Colter and Pots had passed on with their canoe.
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1834 | The South Atlantic Island St. Helena Is Claimed by the English East India Company to be Colonized under a Charter from Charles II |
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1838 | The British Ship Sirius Is the First Steamship to Cross the Atlantic, Arriving in New York After Completing an 18-day Crossing |
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1850 | A California Law for the "Protection, Punishment, and Government of Indians" Justifies Native-American Slavery in the State |
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1861 | Robert E. Lee Begins Trip to Richmond to Take Command of Confederate Forces |
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President Lincoln Refuses a Request from Members of the Baltimore YMCA to Ban Union Troop Movement through Maryland |
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1863 | Colonel Benjamin Grierson's Union Troops Destroy Telegraph Lines Near Macon, Mississippi |
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The U.S.S. Octorara Seizes the British Schooner Handy, Carrying a Cargo of Salt Off the Coast of East Florida |
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1864 | The U.S. Treasury Is Authorized to Mint the First Coins Bearing the "In God We Trust" Motto |
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Confederate Forces Kill 11 Federal Soldiers and Captured 30 Palatka, Florida |
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1873 | The Texas State Legislature Repeals the Law Authorizing the State Police |
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1876 | The First Official National League Baseball Game Is Played in Philadelphia (Boston 6, Philadelphia 5) |
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The New York Philharmonic Performs the American Premiere of Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy-Overture |
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1880 | The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Reaches Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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Ormond Beach, Florida Is Incorporated |
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1884 | John Golding Patents a Process for Metallic Screening |
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Thomas Stevens Begins First Around-the-World Bicycle Trip from Oakland Pier |
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1889 | The Oklahoma Land Rush Begins at High Noon As Settlers Race into the Newly Opened Oklahoma Territory to Claim Cheap Land |
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1891 | Asa Candler Purchases Coca-Cola for $2300 |
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1894 | The New York Press Publishes the Short Story, "An Experiment in Misery," by Novelist Stephen Crane |
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1898 | The Spanish-American War Begins as the USS Nashville Captures a Spanish Merchant Ship Off Key West, Florida |
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1903 | Charles R. Van Hise Is Chosen to be President of the University of Wisconsin |
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1904 | Representatives of 15 Women's Clubs Gather in Wheeling to Form the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs |
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1911 | Governor Adolph O. Eberhart Signs a Law Abolishing the Death Penalty in Minnesota |
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1915 | Germans Make First Use of Poison Chlorine Gas at the Second Battle of Ypres |
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1917 | In Alaska, a Cave-In and Flooding Closes the Treadwell and Mexican Mines on Douglas Island |
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1934 | The U.S. Navy Dirigible Macon Arrives in Miami, Florida Ending a Record Setting 54-hour Flight from Sunnyvale, California |
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1938 | In Detroit, Michigan, Remodeled Navin Field Is Dedicated with 20,000 Additional Seats as Briggs Stadium, in Honor of Walter Briggs Sr., the Tigers Owner |
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1941 | Lillian Hellman's Play Watch on the Rhine Wins the New York Drama Circle's Best American Play of the 1940 Season |
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1945 | Adolf Hitler Admits to All in His Underground Bunker That the War Is Lost and That Suicide Is His Only Recourse |
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1948 | In Washington, the Aeronautical Machinists Union Strikes Boeing and Will Not Return to Work Until September 13th |
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1952 | An Atomic Test Conducted in Nevada is the First Nuclear Explosion Shown on Live Network Television |
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1954 | Senator Joe McCarthy Begins First Televised Hearings on the U.S. Army, Which He Claims Is "Soft" on Communism |
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The National Basketball Association Adopts the 24-second Shot Clock |
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1960 | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Massachusetts Poet Anne Sexton Has Her First Collection of Poems Published, To Bedlam and Part Way Back |
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1963 | Lester Bowles Pearson Becomes Prime Minister of Canada |
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1968 | CUNY Creates Hostos Community College to Serve Hispanic Americans |
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1970 | The First Earth Day Is Observed |
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1971 | Soviets Launch Soyuz 10 for Docking Mission to Salyut 1 |
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1972 | NASA Astronauts Take the Rover for a 7 Hour 23 Minute Lunar Ride |
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Tens of Thousands Protest the Vietnam War in Cities Across the U.S. |
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1976 | NASA Launches NATO 3-A, the First in a Series of NATO Defense-Related Communications Satellites |
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Barbara Walters Is First Female Network News Anchor |
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1980 | 13 Leading Officials of the Ousted Government in Liberia Are Publicly Executed on Orders of the New Military Regime |
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Canada Announces It Will Boycott the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics |
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1988 | The Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic Are Named As New Franchises in the National Basketball Association |
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1990 | Pro-Iranian Kidnappers in Lebanon Free American Hostage Robert Polhill After Nearly 39 Months of Captivity |
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1991 | In Costa Rica, a 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Leaves 47 People Killed, 109 Injured and 7,439 Homeless |
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1992 | A Gas Leak Causes Dozens of Sewer Explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico, Killing More Than 200 People and Damaging 1,000 Buildings |
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1993 | The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Is Dedicated in Washington, D.C. |
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1994 | Břrge Ousland First Person to Reach the North Pole Alone |
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Physicists at FermiLab Present Evidence for Production of Top Quarks from Collisions Between Protons and Antiprotons |
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1997 | Government Commandos Storm the Japanese Ambassador's Residence in Lima, Peru, Ending a 126-day Hostage Crisis, Killing All 14 Rebels, Rescuing 71 Hostages |
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2000 | In Miami, Florida, U.S. Federal Agents Removes 6-year-old Refugee, Elián González, to Return Him to His Father in Cuba |
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2004 | North Korean Train Accident Kills and Injures More Than 2,000 |
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2005 | Zacarias Moussaoui Pleads Guilty in U.S. Federal Court to Conspiring with the 9/11 Hijackers to Kill Americans |
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