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2009
Suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministries of the Transitional Federal Government.
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2005
Prince Sverre Magnus, third in line of succession to the Norwegian throne.
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First manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail takes place in Mojave, Cal.
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1997
Representatives of 121 nations sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting the manufacture or deployment of antipersonnel landmines; the People’s Republic of China, the US and the USSR do not sign.
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1992
A test engineer for Sema Group sends the world’s first text message, using a personal computer and the Vodafone network.
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1989
Presidents George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev announce the official end to the Cold War at a meeting in Malta.
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1984
Toxic gas leaks from a Union Carbide plant and results in the deaths of thousands in Bhopal, India.
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1979
Eleven are dead and eight injured in a mad rush to see a rock band (The Who) at a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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1977
The State Department proposes the admission of 10,000 more Vietnamese refugees to the United States.
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1973
Holly Marie Combs, actress, TV producer (Charmed; Pretty Little Liars TV series).
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1965
The National Council of Churches asks the United States to halt the massive bombings in North Vietnam.
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1963
Terri Schiavo, who became the focus of a 15-year legal struggle over the question of artificially prolonging the life of a patient, Schiavo, whom doctors had diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state.
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1960
Daryl Hannah, actress (Blade Runner, Steel Magnolias).
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1951
Rick Mears, race car driver; three-time Indycar national champion (1979, 1981, 1982).
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1950
The Chinese close in on Pyongyang, Korea, and UN forces withdraw southward.