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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 name of a children's author born on this date:
PERK SONITA |
Use all of these letters to spell the name of an author, poet or writer born on this date:
IN LANDED RAIL |
(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 work by Ellis Wilson (according to Kentucky Educational Television):
CHERUB BERN |
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Bahá'í: Festival of Ridván
(sunset 4/20 - sunset 5/2: Baha'u'llah's 12 days of revelations of Bab) |
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Finland: Vappu Eve (Evening before May Day)
(Observed the evening of April 30 and May 1) |
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The Netherlands: Koninginnedag (Queen's Birthday)
(Commemorates the birth date of Queen Juliana: 04/30/1909) |
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Paraguay: Teachers' Day
(Observed on this date annually since 1915) |
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Sweden: Valborg's Eve
(Celebration of spring with bonfires) |
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Switzerland: Maitag Vorabend
(Celebration in which lovers plant a pine tree in their sweetheart's yard) |
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United States: Admission Day, State of Louisiana
(Commemorates Louisiana's admission as the 18th state: 04/30/1812) |
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Vietnam: Victory Day
(Commemorates the 1975 surrender of South Vietnam to North Vietnam - observed on Mondays) |
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| 1892 | Maria Leach (New York City-born Children's Author, Folklorist) |
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| 1906 | Ross E. Hutchins (Montana-born Entomologist Children's Science Author) |
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| 1922 | Barbara Corrigan (Massachusetts-born Children's Author, Illustrator) |
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| 1928 | Jean Burt Polhamus (Mississippi-born Children's Author) |
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| 1936 | Harriet Sobol (New York City-born Children's Author) |
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| 1938 | Kirkpatrick Hill (Alaska-born Children's Author) |
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| 1940 | Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (Minnesota-born Children's Science Author) |
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| 1942 | Joan Sandin (Arizona-born Children's Author, Illustrator) |
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| 1947 | Kit Pearson (Canadian Children's Author) |
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| 1956 | Janet Morgan Stoeke (Massachusetts-born Children's Author) |
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| 1877 | Alice B. Toklas (California-born Writer) |
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| 1883 | Jaroslav Hašek (Czech Novelist, Humorist, Storyteller, Journalist) |
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| 1888 | John Crowe Ransom (Tennessee-born Poet, Critic) |
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| 1914 | Vermont Royster (North Carolina-born Pulitzer-Prize-Winning (1953, 1984) Journalist, Editor of The Wall Street Journal) |
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| 1938 | Larry Niven (Los Angeles-born Science Fiction Writer) |
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| 1945 | Annie Dillard (Pennsylvania-born Poet, Critic, Nature Writer) |
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| 1881 | Julian Abele (Pennsylvania-born African-American Architect) |
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| 1899 | Ellis Wilson (Kentucky-born African-American Artist) |
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| 1870 | Franz Lehar (Hungarian Composer of "The Merry Widow") |
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| 1916 | Robert Shaw (California-born American Choral and Orchestra Conductor ) |
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| 1939 | Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (Florida-born Composer; First Women to Receive the Pulitzer Prize for Music) |
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| 1770 | David Thompson (English Explorer of Western Canada) |
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| 1777 | Carl Friedrich Gauss (German Mathematician) |
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| 1857 | Eugen Bleuler (Swiss Psychiatrist Who Pioneered Study of Schizophrenics) |
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| 1901 | Simon Kuznets (Russian-American Economist, Statistician; 1971 Nobel Laureate for Economics) |
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| 1902 | Theodore Schultz (South Dakota-born Economist; 1979 Nobel Laureate for Economics) |
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| 1916 | Claude Elwood Shannon (Michigan-born Mathematician, Electrical Engineer Who Laid the Theoretical Foundations for Digital Circuits and Information Theory) |
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| 1771 | Hosea Ballou (New Hampshire-born Theologian) |
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| 1662 | Mary II, Queen of England) |
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| 1867 | Burton Mossman (Illinois-born Arizona Ranger) |
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| 1893 | Joachim von Ribbentrop (German Foreign Minister under the Nazi Regime: 1933-45) |
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| 1909 | Queen Juliana of the Netherlands |
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| 1946 | King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden |
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| 1958 | Mbhazima Shilowa (South-African Labor and Political Leader) |
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| 1896 | Gary Davis (South Carolina-born African-American Blues Guitarist) |
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| 1908 | Eve Arden (California-born Actress: "Our Miss Brooks") |
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| 1910 | Al Lewis (New York City-born Actor) |
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| 1926 | Cloris Leachman (Iowa-born Actress) |
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| 1933 | Willie Nelson (Texas-born Country Singer, Songwriter) |
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| 1940 | Burt Young (New York City-born Actor) |
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| 1943 | Bobby Vee (North Dakota-born Popular Singer) |
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| 1944 | Jill Clayburgh (New York City-born Actress) |
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| 1973 | Jeff Timmons (Ohio-born Popular Musician) |
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| 1982 | Kirsten Dunst (New Jersey-born Actress) |
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| 1961 | Isiah Thomas (Chicago-born African-American Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame) |
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| 1825 | William McIntosh (Georgia-born Creek Chieftain) |
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| 1900 | Casey Jones (Kentucky-born Railroad Engineer) |
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| 1936 | A. E. Housman (English Poet) |
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| 1945 | Eva Braun and Adolph Hitler (Nazi German Dictator and His Wife of 48 Hours) |
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| 1974 | Agnes Moorehead (Massachusetts-born Actress) |
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| 1983 | George Balanchine (Russian-American Dancer, Choreographer) |
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| 1598 | Mexican Frontiersman, Juan de Ońate, Reaches the Rio Grande River After Days Without Water in the Chihuahua, Mexico Badlands |
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| 1675 | An Expedition Leaves Mexico's Nuestra Seńora de Guadalupe Mission to Convert the Indians of South Central Texas to Christianity |
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| 1774 | In West Virginia's Present-day Hancock County, White Settlers Murder Nine Unarmed Members of Chief Logan's Family |
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| 1789 | In New York's Federal Hall, George Washington Is Inaugurated as the First President of the United States |
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| 1798 | The U.S. Navy Is Created by an Act of Congress |
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| 1803 | U.S. & France Sign the Treaty Finalizing the Louisiana Purchase |
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| 1806 |
 Clark: This morning we had Some dificuelty in Collecting our horses notwithstanding we had hobbled & Picqueted those we obtained of those people. we purchased two other horses this morning and 4 dogs. we exchanged one of our most indeferent horses for a very good one with the Choponnish man who has his family with him. this man has a doughter now arived at the age of puberty who being in a certain Situation—is not permited to acoiate with the family but Sleeps at a distance from her father's Camp, and when traveling follows at Some distance behind. in this State I am informed that the female is not permited to eat, nor to touch any article of a culinary nature or manly occupation. at 10 A. M. we had Collected all our horses except the White horse which Yelleppit the Great Chief had given me. the whole of the men haveing returned without being able to find this hors. I informed the chief and he mounted Capt Lewis's horse and went in Serch of the horse himself. about half an hour after the Chopunnish man brought my horse. we deturmined to proceed on with the party leaving one man to bring up Capt L.—s horse when Yelleppit Should return. We took leave of those honest friendly people the Wallah wallahs and departed at 11 A. M. accompanied by our guide and the Chopunnish man and family. we Continued our rout N. 30° E. 14 ms. through an open leavel Sandy Plain to a bold Creek 10 yards wide. this stream is a branch of the Wallahwallah river, and takes it's rise in the same range of mountains to the East of the main branch. deep and has a bold Current. there are maney large banks of pure Sand which appear to have been drifted up by the wind to the hight of 20 or 30 feet, lying in maney parts of the plains through which we passed to day. This plain as usial is covered with arromatic Shruubs, hurbatious plants and tufts of Short grass. Maney of those plants produce those esculent roots which forms a principal part of the Subsistance of the Nativs. among others there is one which produce a root Somewhat like the Sweet potato. We encamped at the place we intersepted the Creek where we had the pleasure once more to find a Sufficency of wood for the purpose of makeing ourselves comfortable fires, which has not been the Case Since we left Rock fort Camp below the falls. Drewyer killed a beaver and an otter. the narrow bottoms of this Creek is fertile. tho' the plains are pore & Sandy. the hills of the Creek are general abrupt and rocky. there is Some timber on this Creek. it consists of Cotton wood, birch, the Crimson haw, red willow, Sweet willow, Choke Cherry, yellow Current, goose berry, white berried honey suckle, rose bushes, Seven bark, Shoemate &c. &c. rushes in Some pats of the bottoms. R. Fields over took us with Capt Lewis's horse our Stock of horses have now increased to 23 and most of them excellent young horses, but much the greatest part of them have Sore backs. those Indians are cruel horse masters; they ride hard and their Saddles illey constructed. &c. &c. |
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| 1812 | Louisiana is the 18th State Admitted to the Union |
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| 1838 | Nicaragua Declares Its Independence from the Central American Federation |
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| 1845 | On a Vote of 90-79, the Wisconsin Legislature Adopts a "Free" Education for State Residents |
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| 1853 | Troops From the U.S. Sixth Infantry Begin Constructing Fort Ridgely to Watch over the Dakota Reservation in the Minnesota River Valley |
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| 1856 | The First Convention of the California Republican Party Is Held in Sacramento |
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| 1859 | The First of 31 Weekly Episodes of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities Is Published |
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| 1861 | Three Potawatomi Indians Meet with President Lincoln |
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| John Archibald Campbell Resigns from the U.S. Supreme Court to Serve the Confederacy as Assistant Secretary of War |
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| 1863 | At Day's Gap, Confederate Forces Begin Four Days of Battles That Will End Union Colonel Abel Steight's Raid Across North Alabama |
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| 1864 | Fighting in Knee-Deep Water, Union Troops Fend Off Confederate Attacks to Cross the Saline River at Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas |
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| President Lincoln Liberates 26 Sioux Indians from Camp McClellan, Iowa |
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| President Lincoln Meets with Women's Rights Leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
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| In Delaware, the First Horse-Drawn Streetcars Run on the Tracks of the Wilmington City Railway |
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| 1865 | President Lincoln's Funeral Train Arrives in Indianapolis, Indiana Where 100,000 Will View His Coffin at the State Capitol |
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| 1867 | The San Francisco Alta California Publishes "Cruelty to Animals: The Histrionic Pig," by Mark Twain |
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| 1881 | Billy the Kid Kills Two Deputies and Escapes from the Mesilla, New Mexico Jail |
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| 1888 | Hailstorm Kills 246 in Moradabad, India |
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| 1889 | George Washington Bridge Opens, Linking New York City & New Jersey |
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| Cecil John Rhodes Applies for a Charter to Establish the British South Africa Company |
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| 1900 | Hawaii Is Organized As a U.S. Territory |
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| Casey Jones Dies in a Train Wreck Near Vaughan, Mississippi |
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| 1901 | In Minnesota, Charles Joy Makes the First Automobile Ascent of St. Paul's Selby Hill at a Speed of 8-10 mph |
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| 1903 | The Florida Legislature Approves the Incorporation of the Town of Wauchula |
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| John Olmsted Arrives in Seattle, Washington to Design City Parks |
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| 1904 | Edith Wharton's The Descent of Man and Other Stories Is Published by Scribner's in New York |
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| 1910 | Interurban Rail Service Is Begun Between the Washington Cities of Everett and Seattle |
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| Two People Die When an Interurban Streetcar Strikes a Runaway Coal Car in Washington's Rainier Valley South of Seattle |
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| 1913 | The Alaska Pioneers' Home Bill Is Approved by Governor Walter Clark |
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| 1915 | Broward County Is Created by the Florida Legislature in Honor of Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward |
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| 1916 | The Delaware National Guard Is Sent to Deming, New Mexico in Pursuit of Pancho Villa |
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| 1917 | The Battle of the Boot Ends the British Samarra Offensive Against the Turks North of Baghdad |
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| 1921 | Michigan Daredevil, Annie Edson Taylor, Is the First Person to Survive a Ride over Canada's Niagara Falls in a Barrel |
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| 1927 | Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford Are First to Leave Footprints at Grauman's |
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| First U.S. Federal Prison for Women Opens in Alderson, West Virginia |
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| William Faulkner's Novel Mosquitoes Is Published |
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| 1930 | William Faulkner Publishes "A Rose for Emily" in Forum |
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| 1935 | U.S. Patent #2,000,000 Is Issued Joseph Ledwinka for Vehicle Wheel Construction |
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| 1939 | The New York's World's Fair Opens to the Public to Commemorate Presdient Washington's 1789 Inauguration at Federal Hall |
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| Franklin Roosevelt Makes the First Televised Presidential Address at the New York World's Fair |
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| 1942 | The Submarine Peto Is Launched Sideways into the Wisconsin's Manitowoc River |
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| 1945 | Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun Commit Suicide in Hitler's Bunker |
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| Arthur Godfrey Show Debuts on Television |
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| 1947 | President Harry Truman Signs Measure Officially Renaming Boulder Dam as Hoover Dam |
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| 1948 | The Organization of American States Holds Its First Meeting in Bogota, Colombia |
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| The Land Rover Is Introduced at the Amsterdam Auto Show |
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| 1952 | The Diary of Anne Frank Is First Published in English |
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| 1953 | A Central Georgia Tornado Kills 8, Injures 350, Leaves 1000 Homeless, Leaving Behind $10M in Damages |
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| 1957 | Elvis Presley Begins Recording the Soundtrack for His Film "Jailhouse Rock" |
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| 1961 | Harmon Killebrew Hits His First Home Run for the Minnesota Twins 467' |
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| 1967 | Nine Tornadoes Strike Southern Minnesota, Killing 13 People |
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| 1968 | The Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts Is Closed |
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| 1973 | President Richard Nixon Takes Responsibility for the Watergate Scandal but Denies Any Personal Involvement |
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| 1975 | South Vietnam Surrenders to North Vietnam: War Ends |
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| Elvis Presley Opens a Three-Day concert in Atlanta, Georgia's Omni |
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| 1980 | Terrorists Seize Iranian Embassy in London |
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| Queen Juliana of the Netherlands Abdicates and Is Succeeded by Her Daughter Beatrix |
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| 1982 | Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda and South African Prime Minister P.W. Botha Hold Summit Meeting in the African Bush Country |
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| 1986 | 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Off the Central Western Coast of Mexico Causes Minor Damage |
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| 1991 | Cyclone Kills 125,000 in Bangladesh |
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| 1992 | Final Episode of The Cosby Show Airs |
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| Bothell, Washington Doubles Its Size by Annexing Canyon Park |
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| 1993 | The World's #1 Women's Tennis Player, Monica Seles, Is Stabbed in the Back at a Hamburg, Germany Tennis Match |
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| 1999 | Nail Bomb Attack Injures 30 in the Heart of London's Gay Community |
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| 2002 | California Businessman Dennis Tito Arrives at the International Space Station Aboard a Russian Spacecraft. |
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