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2011
NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
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2000
Republican candidate George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida’s electoral votes, giving him enough electoral votes to defeat Democrat Al Gore Jr. for the US presidency, despite losing the popular vote.
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1998
Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland’s parliament.
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1983
At London’s Heathrow Airport, almost 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million stolen from Brinks-MAT vault.
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1982
Yasuhiro Nakasone is elected the 71st Japanese prime minister.
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1979
Oil deposits equaling OPEC reserves are found in Venezuela.
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1975
Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme is found guilty of an attempt on President Gerald Ford’s life.
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1957
President Eisenhower suffers a minor stroke.
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1956
Dale Jarrett, NASCAR driver; won 1999 Winston Cup Series championship.
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1954
Velupillai Prabhakaran, founder and leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka.
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1950
North Korean and Chinese troops halt a UN offensive.
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1949
India becomes a sovereign Democratic republic.
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1947
France expels 19 Soviet citizens, charging them with intervention in internal affairs.
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1941
The Japanese fleet departs from the Kuril Islands en route to its attack on Pearl Harbor.
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1939
Tina Turner, singer, dancer , actress (“What’s Love Got to Do with It”).