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The American Medical Association was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
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1885
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George 'Gabby' Hayes, American radio, film, and television actor best known for his numerous Western movies and portrayals of sidekick to the leading man was born in Stannards, New York, United States. | |
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1914
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German submarine U-20 sank RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people including 128 Americans resulting in public reaction largely against the German Empire. | |
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1922
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William Lyle Richardson, aka Darren McGavin, American actor best known for playing character parts in television and film was born in Spokane, Washington, United States. | |
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1930
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Sophie Feldman, aka Totie Fields, American comedienne known for her self deprecating humor was born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. | |
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1946
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Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) was founded with some 20 or so employees. | |
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1960
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Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announced that his nation was holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers. | |
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1992
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched on its first mission, STS-49. | |
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2004
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Nicholas Evan "Nick" Berg, American businessman died at age 26 by beheading, allegedly at the hands of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi with the assistance of other Islamic militants in Iraq as response to the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal involving the United States Army and Iraqi prisoners. The act was recorded on videotape and released on the Internet. | |
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2007
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Israeli archaeologists discovered the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem. | |
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Hulon Mitchell, Jr., aka "Yahweh ben Yahweh", founder and leader of the cult known as Nation of Yahweh, a black supremacist pseudoreligious movement he founded in 1979 was born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States. | |
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National Masturbation Day ... now everyone give yourself a big hand. | |
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