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| 0323 | - | BC Alexander the great dies of fever at Babylon |
| 1373 | - | Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world\s oldest) signed |
| 1611 | - | John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication |
| 1798 | - | Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California |
| 1871 | - | hurricane kills 300 in Labrador |
| 1886 | - | King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowns |
| 1898 | - | Yukon Territory of Canada organized - Dawson chosen as capital |
| 1900 | - | China\s Boxer Rebellion against foreigners & Christians |
| 1913 | - | Yanks win 13th game of year after losing 36 games |
| 1921 | - | Yanks\ pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs beating Tigers 11-8 |
| 1924 | - | Yanks win by forfeit over Tigers. 3rd forfeit win |
| 1927 | - | Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A Lindbergh to NYC |
| 1933 | - | 1st sodium vapor lamps installed Schenectady NY |
| 1933 | - | Federal Savings & Loan Association authorized |
| 1937 | - | Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns |
| 1944 | - | Nazi Germany begins V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) buzz-bomb attacks |
| 1948 | - | Babe Ruth\s #3 is retired |
| 1963 | - | Vostok 6 launched Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman cosmonaut |
| 1966 | - | Miranda vs Az decision-Suspect must be informed of rights |
| 1967 | - | Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice |
| 1971 | - | NY Times began publishing Pentagon Papers |
| 1977 | - | Convicted assassin James Earl Ray recaptured |
| 1977 | - | Former Supreme Court Justice Tom C Clark died in NY at 77 |
| 1980 | - | "Rep John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in \""Abscam\"" investigation" |
| 1981 | - | A teen-ager fired six blanks at Queen Elizabeth II |
| 1982 | - | Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69 |
| 1983 | - | Pioneer 10 is 1st man-made object to leave Solar System |
| 1986 | - | Benny Goodman the clarinet playing King of Swing died in NY at 77 |
| 1986 | - | Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency |
| 1987 | - | Geraldine Page dies |
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