TODAY IN HISTORY

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1965 Michel Fazy runs the mile in 3 minute 53.6 seconds

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1967 Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice

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1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict

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1987 Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets

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1980 Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5ø C temp

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1833 Anglican clergyman John Keble preached his famous sermon on national religiousapostasy. It marked the beginning of the Oxford Movement, which sought to purify andrevitalize the Church of England.

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1990 NYC's Empire State Building catches fire-No fatalities

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1987 Yanks Don Mattingly ties major league record of HRs in 8 cons games

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1963 1st class postage raised from 4¢ to 5¢

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1996 26th Olympic Summer games opens in Atlanta, Georgia

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1913 Conclusion of the 2nd Balkan War

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1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends

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1992 NBC's "Saturday Today" premieres

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1987 Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26

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Jan 1st
1902-1st Rose Bowl game held in Pasadena California.

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1791 Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.

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1971 1st NFC Championship, Kezar Stadium, SF: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 17-10

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1865

Cheyenne and Sioux warriors attack Julesburg, Colo., in retaliation for the Sand Creek Massacre.

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1815

A rag-tag army under Andrew Jackson defeats the British on the fields of Chalmette in the Battle of New Orleans.

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1493 1st sight of manatees by Christopher Columbus