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Lead Story
- 1901 Gusher signals start of U.S. oil industry
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American Revolution
- 1776 North Carolina governor calls on Loyalists to combat rebels
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Automotive
- 2008 World’s cheapest car debuts in India
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Civil War
- 1861 William Seward named Secretary of State
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Cold War
- 1989 Cuban troops begin withdrawal from Angola
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Crime
- 1994 Green Beret indicted for murder
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Disaster
- 1962 Avalanche kills thousands in Peru
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General Interest
- 1920 League of Nations instituted
- 1922 Griffith elected president of Irish Free State
- 1923 U.S. troops depart Germany
- 1946 First meeting of the United Nations
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Hollywood
- 2000 AOL-Time Warner formed
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Literary
- 1961 Dashiell Hammett dies
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Music
- 1976 “Convoy,” by C.W. McCall, is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts
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Old West
- 1843 Outlaw Frank James born in Missouri
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Presidential
- 1941 FDR introduces the lend-lease program
- 1967 Johnson asks for more funding for Vietnam War
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Sports
- 1982 Dwight Clark makes The Catch
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Vietnam War
- 1967 Johnson asks for surcharge to pay for the war
- 1972 Hubert Humphrey criticizes President Nixon
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World War I
- 1923 Harding orders U.S. troops home from Germany
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World War II
- 1941 Lend-Lease introduced into Congress
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