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325
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Roman emperor Constantine calls the Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical Christian council.
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325
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The Ecumenical council was inaugurated by Emperor Constantine in Nicea, Asia Minor.
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2002
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East Timor gains its independence from Indonesia, becoming the first new country of the 21st century.
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1999
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At Heritage High School in Conyers, GA, a 15-year-old student shot and injured six students. He then surrendered to an assistant principal at the school.
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1996
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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Colorado measure banning laws that would protect homosexuals from discrimination.
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1993
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The final episode of "Cheers" was aired on NBC-TV.
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1990
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The Hubble Space Telescope sent back its first photographs.
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1985
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Radio Marti was launched.
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1985
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The Dow Jones industrial average broke the 1300 mark for the first time. The Dow closed at 1304.88.
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1985
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The FBI arrested U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer John Walker. Walker had begun spying for the Soviet Union in 1968.
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1982
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TV's "Barney Miller" was seen for the last time on ABC-TV.
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1980
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The submarine Nautilus was designated as a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
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1978
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Mavis Hutchinson, at age 53, became the first woman to run across America. It took Hutchinson 69 days to run the 3,000 miles.
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1970
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100,000 people marched in New York supporting U.S. policies in Vietnam.
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1969
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U.S. and South Vietnamese forces captured Apbia Mountain, which was referred to as Hamburger Hill.
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1961
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A white mob attacked the Freedom Riders in Montgomery, AL. The event prompted the federal government to send U.S. marshals.
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1942
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Japan completed the conquest of Burma.
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1941
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Germany invaded Crete by air.
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1940
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A concentration camp is established at Auschwitz, Poland, under SS commandant Rudolf Hoess.
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1939
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The first regular air-passenger service across the Atlantic Ocean began with the take-off of the "Yankee Clipper" from Port Washington, New York.
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1939
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The first telecast over telephone wires was sent from Madison Square Garden to the NBC-TV studios at 30 Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. The event was a bicycle race.
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1933
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Charlie Chan was heard for the final time on the NBC Blue radio network, after only six months on the air.
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1932
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Amelia Earhart took off to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She became the first woman to achieve the feat.
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1930
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The first airplane was catapulted from a dirigible.
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1927
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Charles Lindbergh took off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris aboard his airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis." The trip took 33 1/2 hours.
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1926
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The U.S. Congress passed the Air Commerce Act. The act gave the Department of Commerce the right to license pilots and planes.
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1916
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Norman Rockwell's first cover on "The Saturday Evening Post" appeared.
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1902
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Cuba gained its independence from Spain.
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1902
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The U.S. military occupation of Cuba ended.
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1899
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Jacob German of New York City became the first driver to be arrested for speeding. The posted speed limit was 12 miles per hour.
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1875
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The International Bureau of Weights and Measures was established.
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1874
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Levi Strauss began marketing blue jeans with copper rivets.
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1861
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During the American Civil War, the capital of the Confederacy was moved from Montgomery, AL, to Richmond, VA.
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1861
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North Carolina became the eleventh state to secede from the Union.
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1830
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The fountain pen was patented by H.D. Hyde.
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1784
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The Peace of Versailles ended a war between France, England, and Holland.
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1775
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North Carolina became the first colony to declare its independence.
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1774
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Britain's Parliament passed the Coercive Acts to punish the American colonists for their increasingly anti-British behavior
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1690
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England passed the Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II.
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1674
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John Sobieski became Poland's first King.
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1520
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Hernando Cortez defeated Spanish troops that had been sent to punish him in Mexico.
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1506
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In Spain, Christopher Columbus died in poverty.
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1347
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Cola di Rienzo took the title of tribune in Rome.
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1303
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A peace treaty was signed between England and France over the town of Gascony.
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