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2005
Astronomers announce the discovery of dwarf planet Eris, leading the International Astronomic Union to clarify the definition of a planet.
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1996
A US federal court strikes down the child protection portion of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, calling it too broad.
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1990
The Boston Red Sox hit 12 doubles in a game, setting a major league record.
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1981
Prince Charles marries Lady Diana.
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1966
Richard Steven Horvitz, actor, voice-over actor in video-games (Halo 4) and television cartoons (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy).
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1953
Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker (The Civil War, Baseball, The War, The Dust Bowl).
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1945
After delivering parts of the first atomic bomb to the island of Tinian, the U.S.S. Indianapolis is sunk by a Japanese submarine. The survivors are adrift for two days before help arrives.
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1938
Peter Jennings, ABC evening news anchor.
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1936
Elizabeth Hanford Dole, US secretary of transportation (1983-1987), secretary of labor (1989-1990), unsuccessful candidate for Republican presidential nomination (2000), US Senator (2003-2009).
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1930
Paul Taylor, choreographer and dancer.
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1921
Adolf Hitler becomes the president of the Nationalist Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazis).
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1920
Hank Ketcham, cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace.
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1918
Mary Lee Settle, novelist.
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Edwin Greene O’Connor, author (The Last Hurrah).
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1915
U.S. Marines land at Port-au-Prince to protect American interests in Haiti.