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Lead Story
- 1926 Original Amos ‘n’ Andy debuts on Chicago radio
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American Revolution
- 1777 Hugh Mercer dies from wounds received in Battle of Princeton
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Automotive
- 1904 Henry Ford sets speed record
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Civil War
- 1865 General Kilpatrick is promoted
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Cold War
- 1954 Dulles announces policy of “massive retaliation”
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Crime
- 1995 Malcolm X’s Daughter Arrested
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Disaster
- 1888 Blizzard brings tragedy to Northwest Plains
- 2010 Massive earthquake strikes Haiti
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General Interest
- 1879 British-Zulu War begins
- 1932 First elected female senator
- 1984 Pyramid mystery unearthed
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Hollywood
- 1981 Dynasty premieres on ABC
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Literary
- 1876 Jack London is born
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Music
- 1928 Pianist Vladimir Horowitz makes his American debut at Carnegie Hall
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Old West
- 1838 Joseph Smith abandons Ohio
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Presidential
- 1942 Roosevelt (re)creates the National War Labor Board
- 1966 Johnson says U.S. should stay in Vietnam
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Sports
- 1969 Broadway Joe delivers
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Vietnam War
- 1962 Operation Ranch Hand initiated
- 1971 “Harrisburg Six” charged with conspiracy
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World War I
- 1919 Leaders of the Big Four nations meet for the first time in Paris
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World War II
- 1943 Soviet forces penetrate the siege of Leningrad
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