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2000
The last original weekday Peanuts comic strip is published after a 50-year run, following the death of the strip’s creator, Charles Schultz.
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1999
Mars Polar Lander launched.
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1996
The first mobile flip phone, the Motorola StarTAC, goes on sale.
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1994
More than 7 million people receive South African citizenship that had previously been denied under Apartheid policies.
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1993
George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
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1990
Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to US forces.
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1985
President Ronald Reagan condemns a rash of arson attacks on abortion clinics.
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1978
North Vietnamese troops reportedly occupy 400 square miles in Cambodia. North Vietnamese Army (NVA) troops were using Laos and Cambodia as staging areas for attacks against allied forces.
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1977
Apple Computers incorporates.
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1966
Cambodia warns the United Nations of retaliation unless the United States and South Vietnam end intrusions.
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1961
The United States breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba.
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1959
Fidel Castro takes command of the Cuban army.
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Alaska is admitted into the Union as the 49th and largest state.
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1958
The British create the West Indies Federation with Lord Hailes as governor general.
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1956
Mel Gibson, actor, director, producer, screenwriter (Mad Max, Passion of the Christ).