1962 US sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles

1963 At 10 59 AM the census clock, records US population at 190,000,000

1964 The Warren Commission report is issued, stating that JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted without outside help.

1970 The final broadcast of The Original Amateur Hour occurs on CBS-TV. During its 22-year run, the show appeared on all three major networks.

1973 Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days)

1979 The US Congress approves the establishment of the Department of Education as a federal cabinet agency.

1982 John Palmer becomes news anchor of the Today Show

1985 Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits the Atlantic coast

1986 Senate joins House of Reps voting for sweeping tax reforms

1987 NFL players' strike

1988 Grand jury evidence shows Tawana Brawley fabricated rape story

1988 Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth

1988 Senate votes for major federal tax code changes

1989 Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash

1990 A gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkley Calif

1990 Deposed emir of Kuwait address the UN General Assembly

1990 Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court nomination

1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House

1991 "Princesses" premiers on CBS TV

1991 Pres Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert

1991 The first scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)

1995 The US Treasury unveils its design for a new $100 bill, incorporating a number of anticounterfeiting measures.

1999 Detroit's Tiger Stadium closes after 87 years of hosting baseball and other sporting contests.

1922 King Constantine I of Greece abdicates

1939 The Polish capital, Warsaw, surrenders to the German army

1722 The birth of Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader

1792 The birth of George Cruikshank, English illustrator and caricaturist

1862 The birth of Louis Botha, South African politician; PM of Transvaal

2005 Michaëlle Jean, born in Haiti, becomes the 27th Governor General of Canada, and the first black person to hold that position.

2006 An armed suspect holds six female students as hostages in Platte Canyon High School located in Bailey, Colorado. One hostage is fatally wounded as the gunman kills himself.

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