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2001
NATO backs US military strikes in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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1990
Flight 8301 of China’s Xiamen Airlines is hijacked and crashed into Baiyun International Airport, hitting two other aircraft and killing 128 people.
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1980
Congressional Representative Mike Myers is expelled from the US House for taking a bribe in the Abscam scandal, the first member to be expelled since 1861.
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1970
Kelly Ripa, actress, producer, co-host of Live! with Kelly and Michael TV talk show.
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A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, staff, and supporters crashes in Colorado; 31 of the 40 people aboard die.
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1967
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice, is sworn in. Marshall had previously been the solicitor general, the head of the legal staff of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and a leading American civil rights lawyer.
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1964
Scientists announce findings that smoking can cause cancer.
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1959
The groundbreaking TV series The Twilight Zone, hosted by Rod Serling, premiers on CBS.
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1951
Sting (Gordon M.T. Sumner), singer, songwriter, musician, actor; lead singer and bass player for the band The Police before launching a successful solo career.
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1950
The comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schultz, makes its first appearance in newspapers.
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1949
Annie Leibovitz, photographer whose subjects include John Lennon and the Rolling Stones.
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1945
Martin Hellman, cryptologist, co-inventor of public key cryptography.
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Don McLean, singer, songwriter guitarist, best known for “American Pie,” his tribute to Buddy Holly and early rock ‘n’ roll.
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1941
The German army launches Operation Typhoon, the drive towards Moscow.
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1938
Rex Reed, actor and film critic; co-hosted the At the Movies TV show.