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1987
The British ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in the Channel off the coast of Belgium. At least 26 are dead.
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1981
President Reagan announces plans to cut 37,000 federal jobs.
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1980
Islamic militants in Tehran say that they will turn over the American hostages to the Revolutionary Council.
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1975
Iran and Iraq announce that they have settled the border dispute.
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1973
President Richard Nixon imposes price controls on oil and gas.
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1967
President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his plan to establish a draft lottery.
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1965
The United States announces that it will send 3,500 troops to Vietnam.
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1960
The Swiss grant women the right to vote in municipal elections.
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1953
Upon Josef Stalin’s death, Georgi Malenkov is named Soviet premier.
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1948
During talks in Berlin, the Western powers agree to internationalize the Ruhr region.
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1947
Winston Churchill opposes the withdrawal of troops from India.
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1945
Cologne, Germany, falls to General Courtney Hodges‘ First Army.
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1944
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, operatic soprano.
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1943
British RAF fliers bomb Essen and the Krupp arms works in the Ruhr, Germany.
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1939
In Spain, Jose Miaja takes over Madrid government after a military coup and vows to seek “peace with honor.”