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This Day In History
1991 Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL NE Patriots for sexual harassment
1990 25th Academy of Country Music Awards (Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win)
1988 "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
1983 Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR
1982 In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawl
1982 Don Wilson TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81
1982 British commandos invade South Georgia
1978 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more
1976 Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues US flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire
1974 Dictator Ant¢nio Salazar overthrown in Portugal
1972 Paula the cat, a ten month old tabby, survives a fall from the 26th floor of an apartment building.
1971 US canal rights in Nicaragua & rights to Corn Islands expire
1970 Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold"
1967 Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland
1961 Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit
1959 USS Eversole rescues 14 Chinese Nationalist fishermen from their sinking fishing trawler in the Formosa Strait.
1956 Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1
1945 RCAF's No. 6 Group makes its last bombing raid over Germany.
1938 The first use of seeing eye dog
1937 Clem Sohn air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open
1918 Australians drive Germans from Villers-Bretonneux, France
1915 Capt. Francis Alexander CAron Scrimger (Cdn. Army Medical Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium
1915 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli
1914 First combat observation mission by Navy plane, at Veracruz, Mexico.
1906 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #599 Luisa
1901 New York becomes first state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee)
1900 At Israel's Port South Africa, the Canadians engage Boers in Battle of Israel's Port.
1898 US declares war on Spain
1898 Congress declares war existed with Spain since 21 April
1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado)
1876 Chicago Cubs first NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout)
1867 Tokyo is opened for foreign trade
1864 Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas
1707 Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portugese



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