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1892
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Richard Atwater (Chicago-born Children's Author)
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1917
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Ruth Robbins (New Jersey-born Children's Author)
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1925
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E.W. Hildick (New Jersey-born Children's Author)
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1942
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Jan Greenberg (Missouri-born Children's Author)
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1943
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Molly Garrett Bang (New Jersey-born Children's Author, Illustrator)
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Irene Brady (Oregon-born Children's Author, Illustrator)
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1953
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Stanley "Tookie" Williams (New Orleans-born African-American Gang Member; Author of Children's Book on Gangs and Violence)
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1955
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Ernest Herndon (Tennessee-born Novelist Children's Science Author)
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1956
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Tracy Campbell Pearson (Connecticut-born Children's Author, Illustrator)
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1908
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Norvin S. Veal (Kentucky-born Publisher of the Jacksonville Journal)
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1922
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William Gaddis (New York City-born Novelist)
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1860
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Frank Reaugh (Illinois-born Artist Best Known for Paintings Depicting Ranching Life in Texas)
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1896
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David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican Muralist)
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1876
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Pablo Casals (Spanish Cellist, Conductor)
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1897
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Jules Bledsoe (Texas-born African-American Baritone, Operatic Performer)
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1952
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Gelsey Kirkland (Pennsylvania-born Ballet Dancer)
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1876
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Charles Macintosh (Scottish Chemist Who Developed Process for Waterproofing Coats)
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1911
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Klaus Fuchs (German-American Physicist, Spy)
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1809
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Charles Goodyear (Connecticut-born Inventor of Vulcanized Rubber; Founder of Goodyear Tire and Rubber)
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1879
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Billy Mitchell (American Pioneer of the Air Force as a Separate Branch of Military Service)
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1912
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Lewis Jackson (Indiana-born African-American Member of the Tuskegee Airmen; President of Central State University)
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1808
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Andrew Johnson (North Carolina-born 17th President of the United States)
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1809
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William Gladstone (Prime Minister of England)
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1907
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Robert Clifton Weaver (Washington, D.C.-born African-American Economist; First African American to Serve in a Presidential Cabinet)
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1910
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Mildred "Millie" Jeffrey (Iowa-born Labor and Civil-Rights Activist)
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1917
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Thomas Bradley (Texas-born First African American Mayor of Los Angeles)
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1936
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Mary Tyler Moore (New York City-born Actress)
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1938
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Jon Voight (New York City-born Actor)
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1947
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Ted Danson (California-born Actor)
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1972
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Jude Law (English Actor)
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1881
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Jess Willard (Kansas-born Member of the international Boxing Hall of Fame)
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1936
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Raymond Ernest Nitschke (Illinois-born Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame)
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1170
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Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Is Murdered in the Cathedral
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1731
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Brook Taylor (English Mathematician)
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1834
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Thomas Robert Malthus (English Economist)
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1967
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Paul Whiteman ( Colorado Jazz Bandleader)
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1986
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Harold Macmillan (Prime Minister of England)
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2008
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Freddie Hubbard (Indiana-born Grammy-Winning African-American Jazz Musician)
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1170
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Four of King Henry II's Knights Murder the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas a Becket, in the Cathedral
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1693
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Spanish Soldiers and Pecos Pueblo Warriors Begin 2-day Battle to re-Conquer Santa Fe from Pueblo Rebels
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1778
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British Forces Capture Savannah, Georgia
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1813
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The British Burn Buffalo, New York
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1824
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Alachua County, Florida Is Established
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Leon County, Florida Is Established and Named for Ponce de Leon
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Monroe County, Florida Is Established and Named for President James Monroe
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Nassau County, Florida Is Established and Probably Named for Nassau in the Bahamas
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Walton County, Florida Is Established and Named for George Walton, Former Secretary of West Florida
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1829
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Washington County, Florida Is Established and Named for George Washington
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1835
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In the Treaty of New Echota, the Cherokee Cede Their Lands East of the Mississippi for $5M and Western Land
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1838
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Georgia's Cherokee Indian Citizenship Act Grants Full Citizenship to 22 Families of Mixed Cherokee-White Ancestry
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1845
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Texas Enters the Union as a Slave State
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1846
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U.S. Commodore Robert Stockton and U.S. Brigadier General Stephen Kearney Argue over Command of the California Territory
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1847
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Atlanta, Georgia Is Incorporated
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1851
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The First American Young Men's Christian Association Is Organized in Boston
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1854
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The Hanging of an Accused Murderer is the First Execution in Ramsey County, Minnesota Territory
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Volusia County, Florida Is Established and Probably Named for an Early English Settler Named Volus
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1855
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In Salem, Fire Destroys the Nearly Completed Oregon Capitol Building
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1859
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Washington's Territorial Legislature Creates Klickitat County
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1860
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England Launches the HMS Warrior, the World's First Iron-Hulled Warship
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President Lincoln Responds to William Cullen Bryant's Concerns About Cabinet Appointments
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1861
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The Town of Sutton (West Virginia) Is Burned by Confederate Raiders
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1862
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At Vicksburg, Confederates Repel Sherman's Attack on Chickasaw Bluffs
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President Lincoln Reads the Emancipation Proclamation to Cabinet for Criticism and Discusses Creation of New State of West Virginia
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The British Sloop Flying Fish Is Captured Off the Tortugas by the U.S.S. Magnolia
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1863
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Boat Crews from the U.S.S. Stars and Stripes Destroys a Blockade Runner, Caroline Gertrude, Near the Mouth of Florida's Ocklockonee River
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1864
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59 Prisoners of War Paroled in Texas Arrive in Indianapolis, Indiana
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1876
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A Bridge in Ashtabula, Ohio Collapses, Causing a Train to Fall into a Gorge, Killing 80 Passengers
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1890
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In South Dakota, 300+ People Die When U.S. Soldiers Open Fire on an Indian Encampment at Wounded Knee
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1891
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The Minnesota Library Association Is Organized in St. Paul
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1895
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Leander Starr Jameson Leads British Volunteers on a Raid into the Boer Colony of Transvaal in Support of a United South Africa
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1896
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The Lava Soap Trademark Is Registered
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1903
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The First Concert of the Seattle Symphony Is Conducted by Harry West at Christensen's Hall in Seattle
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1909
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The Texas Folklore Society Is Founded in Dallas
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1913
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Shooting Begins on The Squaw Man, the First Feature-Length Film Made in Hollywood
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1915
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French National Assembly Formally Cedes to Great Britain Land Holding the British War Cemeteries
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1916
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James Joyce Publishes His First Novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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1917
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A 1/2" of Snow Covers Many Counties in Florida's Panhandle and in North Florida
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1918
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Louis B. Mayer's First Movie Virtuous Wives Premieres in New York City
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1934
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Japan Renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930
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1940
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German Aircraft Set London Ablaze with Incendiary Bombs, Killing Almost 3,600 Civilians
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1950
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The Celler-Kefauver Anti-Merger Act Creates Barriers to Monopolies through Mergers and Acquisitions
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The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams Premieres at the Erlanger Theatre in Chicago
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1958
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Period of Adjustment High Point over a Cavern by Tennessee Williams Premieres at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami
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1959
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The Dial Soap Trademark Is Registered
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1970
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29-year-old Rhea Pincus Grossman Is the First Women Appointed as a Circuit Judge (Eleventh Circuit, Dade County, Florida)
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1972
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The Last Cartoon of William J. McClanahan's Appears in the Dallas Morning News
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1973
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The Island of Vanuatu Is At the Epicenter of a 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake
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1975
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A Bomb Explodes in the Main Terminal of New York's LaGuardia Airport, Killing 11 People
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Britain's Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Acts Become Law to Equalize Workplace Opportunities for Women
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1977
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The ALHA 77005 Mars Meteorite Is Discovered at Allan Hills, Antarctica
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1978
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In Florida, Ohio State Football Coach Woody Hayes Punches a Clemson University Player in the Last Minute of the Gator Bowl
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1980
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A South African Court Refuses to Lift a Ban on 4 Black Newspapers
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1982
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Rajiv Gandhi Wins India's General Election in a Landslide
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1989
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Dramatist Vaclav Havel Is Sworn in as President of Czechoslovakia
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Smoking Is Banned on Canada's Domestic Flights
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1996
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Guatemalan Guerrilla and Government Leaders Signed Accord Ending 36 Years of Civil Conflict
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1998
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Six Die As Storm Waves Hit Competitors in Australia's Annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
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2008
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Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Steps Down, Dissolving His U.N.-Backed Government
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