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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 work by Aliki (according to the University of Calgary)
SOAR BONUS DINE
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Use all of these letters to spell the title of a work by Sarah Orne Jewett (according to The New York Times):
HE PAVE END |
(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 Frank Capra movie (according to Writer's Almanac):
TON PAN IN DEEP HEIGHT |
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Australia: National Flag Day
(Commemoration of first flying of the Australian flag: 09/03/1901) |
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Republic of San Marino: San Marino Day
(Celebration of the traditional founding of San Marino in 301 ) |
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| 1849 | Sarah Orne Jewett (Maine-born Novelist, Children's Author) |
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| 1914 | Tom Glazer (Pennsylvania-born Folk Singer, Songwriter, Children's Author) |
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| 1926 | Alison Lurie (Chicago-born Novelist Awarded the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; Children's Author) |
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| 1929 | Aliki Brandenberg (New Jersey-born Children's Author, Illustrator) |
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| 1653 | Roger North (English Lawyer, Historian, Biographer |
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| 1900 | Sally Benson (Missouri-born Playwright, Short-Story Writer, Essayist |
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| 1907 | Loren Eiseley (Nebraska-born Scientist, Author) |
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| 1915 | Américo Paredes (Texas-born Folklorist, Scholar, Educator) |
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| 1938 | Caryl Lesley Churchill (English Playwright) |
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| 1940 | Eduardo Galeano (Uruguayan Journalist, Political Activist) |
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| 1856 | Louis Henry Sullivan (Massachusetts-born Architect) |
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| 1875 | Ferdinand Porsche (Austrian Engineer; Patriarch of Porsche Cars) |
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| 1923 | Mort Walker (Kansas-born Cartoonist; Creator of "Beetle Bailey" and "Hi and Lois") |
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| 1910 | Dorothy Maynor (Virginia-born African-American Operatic Singer) |
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| 1728 | Mathew Boulton (English Engineer, Industrialist Who Produced Steam Engines with James Watt) |
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| 1869 | Fritz Pregl (Austrian Chemist; 1923 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) |
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| 1888 | Thomas Milton Rivers (Georgia-born Virologist Who Helped Develop the Polio Vaccine) |
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| 1899 | Macfarlane Burnet (Australian Physician, Virologist; 1960 Nobel Laureate for Medicine or Physiology) |
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| 1938 | Ryoji Noyori (Japanese Chemist; 2001 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) |
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| 1803 | Mark Hopkins (New York-born Capitalist Who Helped Build the Central Pacific Railroad) |
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| 1860 | Edward Filene (Massachusetts-born Department-store Entrepreneur, Financial Reformer, Philanthropist) |
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| 1803 | Prudence Crandall (Rhode Island-born Quaker Educator, Abolitionist) |
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| 1811 | John Humphrey Noyes (Vermont-born Founder of New York's Oneida Community) |
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| 1831 | Henry Laurens Mitchell (Alabama-born 16th Governor of Florida) |
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| 1895 | Charles Houston (District of Columbia-born African-American Attorney, Civil Rights Advocate) |
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| 1965 | Charlie Sheen (New York City-born Latin-American Actor) |
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| 1986 | Shaun White (California-born Professional Skateboarder) |
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| 1588 | Richard Tarleton (English Comedic Actor) |
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| 1658 | Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector of England) |
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| 1881 | Father Caspar Rehrl (Missionary, Teacher Who Organized More Than 15 Parishes in Eastern Wisconsin) |
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| 1895 | William Carrol Crawford (North Carolina-born Minister, Postmaster: Last Surviving Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence) |
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| 1962 | e.e. cummings (Massachusetts-born Author) |
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| 1970 | Vince Lombardi (New York City-born Football Coach; Member of the Football Hall of Fame) |
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| 1991 | Frank Capra (Italian-American Film Director) |
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| 2005 | William Rehnquist (Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court) |
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| 1189 | Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) Is Crowned King of England |
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| 1752 | September 3 Is September 14: Great Britain and Colonies Change to Gregorian Calendar |
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| 1774 | George Washington Stays Overnight in New Castle, Delaware Traveling From His Home in Mount Vernon, Virginia to the Continental Congress, Philadelphia |
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| 1777 | The American Flag Is Flown in Battle for the First Time at a Skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Maryland |
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| 1779 | A French Fleet of 22 Ships and 4,000 Men Arrives Off the Georgia Coast to Help Take Savannah from the British |
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| 1783 | Treaty of Paris Signing Ends the American Revolution |
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| 1798 | Spanish Begin Invasion of Belize at St. Georges Caye |
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| 1803 |
 Lewis: It was foggy again when I woke up this morning and about 63 degrees Fahrenheit. Even the river was about 75 degrees, the 12 degree difference is what makes the vapor. Because of the fog we were unable to start until 9 o'clock this morning. A wealthy merchant of Philadelphia, Mr. Gui Briant, arrived with two boats filled with furs. Mr. Briant said that if I can reach the Georgetown Bar, 24 miles away, I will be okay. We passed a riffle just below Big Beaver Creek. Later, we anchored at Mackintosh and I discharged one of my hands. We passed another riffle below Makintosh and pressed on. Another 3 miles on we hit another riffle that forced us to unload and drag the boat over with horses. We stayed all night having traveled only 6 miles... |
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| 1804 |
Clark: A very cold morning at sun rise. This part of the creek is small and gradually widens with sand bars. There is no timber in this part of the country; but continued prairie on both sides of the river. A person by going on one of the hills may have a view as far as the eye can reach without obstruction and enjoy the most delightful prospects. We came to the edge of the plain and camped for the night. We saw signs of both Shannon and Colter. Here the grapes are many. |
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| 1806 |
Clark: Wind Continued to blow very hard this morning. it Shifted last night to the S. W. and blew the Sand over us in Such a manner as to render the after part of the night very disagreeable. the wind luled a little and we Set out and proceeded on with the wind a head passed the enterance of redstone River on the N E. Side at 11 A M. and at half past 4 P. M we Spied two boats & Several men, our party peyed their Ores and we Soon landed on the Side of the Boats the men of these boats Saluted us with their Small arms I landed & was met by a Mr. James Airs from Mackanaw by way of Prarie Dechien and St. Louis. this Gentleman is of the house of Dickson & Co: of Prarie de Chian who has a Licence to trade for one year with the Sieoux he has 2 Batteaux loaded with Merchendize for that purpose. This Gentleman receved both Capt. Lewis and my Self with every mark of friendship he was himself at the time with a chill of the agu on him which he has had for Several days. our first enquirey was after the President of our country and then our friends and the State of the politicks of our country &c. and the State Indian affairs to all of which enquireys Mr. Aires gave us as Satisfactory information as he had it in his power to have Collected in the Illinois which was not a great deel. soon after we Landed a violent Storm of Thunder Lightning and rain from the N W. which was violent with hard Claps of thunder and Sharp Lightning which continued untill 10 P M after which the wind blew hard. I set up late and partook of the tent of Mr. Aires which was dry. Mr. Aires unfortunately had his boat Sunk on the 25 of July last by a violent Storm of Wind and hail by which accident he lost the most of his usefull articles as he informed. us. this Gentleman informed us of maney Changes & misfortunes which had taken place in the Illinois amongst others the loss of Mr. Cady Choteaus house and furniture by fire. for this misfortune of our friend Choteaus I feel my Self very much Concernd &c. he also informed us that Genl. Wilkinson was the governor of the Louisiana and at St. Louis. 300 of the american Troops had been Contuned on the Missouri a fiew miles above it's mouth, Some disturbance with the Spaniards in the Nackatosh Country is the Cause of their being Called down to that Country, the Spaniards had taken one of the U, States frigates in the Mediteranean, Two British Ships of the line had fired on an American Ship in the port of New York, and killed the Capts. brother. 2 Indians had been hung in St. Louis for murder and several others in jale. and that Mr. Burr & genl. Hambleton fought a Duel, the latter was killed &c. &c I am happy to find that my worthy friend Capt L's is so well as to walk about with ease to himself &c., we made 60 Miles to day the river much crowded with Sand bars, which are very differently Situated from what they were when we went up. |
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| 1807 | British Continue Day Two of Four-day Bombardment of Copenhagen |
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| 1812 | 24 Settlers and Four Native Americans Are Massacred at Indiana's Pigeon Roost Settlement |
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| 1813 | In Iowa, Fort Madison Is Torched and Abandoned to the Indians |
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| 1821 | Massachusetts General Hospital Admits Its First Patients |
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| 1823 | David Douglas Makes First Recorded Ascent of Cascade Mountains above Columbia River Gorge |
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| 1834 | Pioneer Methodist Ministers Hold a Camp Meeting Near Kenney, Texas in Spite of Mexican Prohibitions Against Protestant Worship |
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| 1838 | Frederick Douglass Escapes to Freedom Traveling North by Train and Boat from Baltimore, through Delaware and Philadelphia to New York City |
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| 1849 | Minnesota Territory's Legislative Assembly Convenes for the First Time in St. Paul |
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| 1855 | General Harney Avenges Grattan Massacre with Sioux Village Attack |
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| 1860 | Minnesota's First Normal School for Training Teachers Opens in Winona with 2 Teachers and 20 Students |
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| 1861 | Confederate Troops Violate Kentucky's Neutrality by Occupying Columbus, Kentucky |
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| 1862 | The Confederate Secretary of War Suspends the Writ of Habeas Corpus in Atlanta, Georgia |
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| 1864 | President Lincoln Orders 100-Gun Salutes to Celebrate Victories at Atlanta and Mobile |
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| President Lincoln Proclaims Sunday, September 11, 1864, as a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer |
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| 1867 | The Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church Is Organized by John Jasper in Richmond, Virginia |
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| 1868 | Georgia House of Representatives Votes to Remove African-American Members |
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| 1878 | Pleasure Steamer Princess Alice Collides with Another Steamer on England's Thames River: 500+ People Die |
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| 1883 | President Arthur and Ulysses S. Grant Celebrate the Completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad from St. Paul, Minnesota to the Pacific Coast |
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| 1885 | A Force of 700 U.S. Soldiers Revenge Grattan Massacre Killing 100 Sioux Villagers in Nebraska |
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| 1891 | Pasco, Washington Is Incorporated |
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| 1900 | The Oshkosh, Wisconsin Public Library Opens |
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| 1901 | Australian National Flag Is First Flown Above the Exhibition Building, Melbourne |
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| 1902 | Sarah Orne Jewett Severely Injured in Carriage Accident on 53rd Birthday |
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| Astoria, Oregon Fishermen Refuse to Accept Less Than Two Cents Per Pound for Fall Salmon |
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| 1910 | Alabama's First Boll Weevils Are Discovered Mobile County |
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| 1914 | Giacomo della Chiesa Is Elected to the Papacy of the Roman Catholic Church as Pope Benedict XV |
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| 1918 | Frederick & Nelson Department Store Opens in Seattle, Washington |
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| 1919 | President Woodrow Wilson Embarks on an 8,000 Mile, 22-Day League of Nations Tour Across the United States |
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| 1921 | Ernest Hemingway Marries His First Wife, Elizabeth Hadley Richardson, in Horton Bay, Michigan |
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| 1925 | The Dirigible USS Shenandoah Crashes in Noble County, Ohio, Killing 14 of 43 People Aboard |
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| 1928 | Scottish Scientist, Alexander Fleming, Discovers That Penicillin Mold Kills Germs |
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| Ty Cobb Gets His 4191st and Final Major League Baseball Hit |
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| 1930 | Hurricane Batters the Dominican Republic, Killing More than 8,000 People |
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| 1931 | The Fox Theater Opens in Spokane, Washington |
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| Charles Ives' "Washington's Birthday" Is First Performed at the Community Playhouse in San Francisco |
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| 1935 | On the Utah Bonneville Salt Flats, England's Malcolm Campbell Is the First person to Break 300 mph on Land |
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| President Franklin Roosevelt Allocates $5M for the Florida Ship Canal from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean |
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| 1937 | Orson Welles Produces, Directs and Stars in Les Miserables Radio Play |
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| 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Centers on Alaska's Andreanof Islands |
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| 1939 | Great Britain and France Declare War on Germany |
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| 1941 | The U.S. Army Activates a Post at Nome, Alaska with 9 Officers and 221 Enlisted Men |
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| 1943 | British 8th Army Begins the Allied Invasion of the "Toe" of Italy Crossing the Strait of Messina from Sicily |
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| 1950 | A 35-Man U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group Arrives in Saigon, Vietnam |
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| 1958 | Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd Is Elected As the pro-Apartheid Prime Minister of South Africa |
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| 1963 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana Schools Are Integrated |
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| 1964 | 14-year-old Californian, Leonore Modell, Is Youngest Person to Swim the English Channel |
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| 1966 | President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson Speak at the Dedication of West Virginia's Summersville Reservoir |
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| Final Episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Airs |
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| 1967 | Nguyen Van Thieu Is Elected President of South Vietnam |
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| Swedish Drivers Switch Lanes and Begin Driving on the Right Side of the Road Instead of the Left |
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| TV Game Show ''What's My Line?,'' Broadcasts Its Final Episode After More Than 17 Years on CBS |
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| 1968 | 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Kills 24, Injures 200 and Destroys over 2,000 Houses in Turkey |
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| 1972 | 6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Kills More Than 100 and Destroys 1,000+ Homes in Pakistan |
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| A Campus of the Delaware Technical & Community College Opens in Dover |
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| 1974 | In Minnesota, Minneapolis and St. Paul Experience Their Earliest Freezing Temperatures on Record |
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| 1976 | Unmanned U. S. Viking II Lands on Mars: Taking First Pictures of Surface |
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| 1978 | Pope John Paul I Is Installed as 264th Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church |
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| 1984 | Typhoon Batters Philippines, Killing At Least 1,300 People, Injuring Hundreds More |
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| Six Black South African Townships Erupt in Violence Protesting Rent Increases |
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| 1994 | China and Russia Pledge Not to Target Nuclear Missiles or Use Force Against Each Other |
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| 1997 | Arizona Governor Fife Symington Is Convicted of Fiscal Offenses Tied to His Real Estate Business |
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| 1998 | All 229 Passengers and Crew Are Killed in Swissair Crash Off Nova Scotia |
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| 2004 | Terrorist Siege of Russian School Ends in Tragedy: 320+ Die (Mostly Children) |
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