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2001
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, one of the most complex bankruptcy cases in US history.
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1999
UK devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive, the administrative branch of the North Ireland legislature.
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1993
NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavor on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
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1982
Dentist Barney Clark receives the first permanent artificial heart, developed by Dr. Robert K. Jarvik.
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1981
Brittany Spears, singer, songwriter, actress; her … Baby One More Time (1999) became the best-selling album to date (2013) by a teenage solo artist.
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1980
A death squad in El Salvador murders four US nuns and churchwomen.
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1970
The U.S. Senate votes to give 48,000 acres of New Mexico back to the Taos Indians.
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1964
Brazil sends Juan Peron back to Spain, foiling his efforts to return to his native land.
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1963
Ann Patchett, author; her novel Bel Canto received the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award (2002).
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1954
Stone Phillips, Emmy-winning journalist; co-anchor of Dateline NBC.
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1948
T. Corgaghessan Boyle, novelist and short story writer (Water Music).
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1946
The United States and Great Britain merge their German occupation zones.
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1944
Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (1992–2000) and was re-elected by parliament (2002–2006).
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General George S. Patton’s troops enter the Saar Valley and break through the Siegfried line.
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1942
The Allies repel a strong Axis attack in Tunisia, North Africa.