Today in history:

The Blues Brothers debut on Saturday Night Live.

Elian Gonzalez seized.

First Earh Day observed.

Richard M. Nixon passes away.

First nuclear explosion shown on network television.

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Today in history:

'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree' tops the charts.

Astronomers announce they have discovered signs of a new family of planets.

Al Capone's vault opened.

'Annie' debuts.

Columbus Penitentiary burns.

'The Red Baron' is shot down.

Mark Twain dies.

King Henry VII dies.

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Today in History:

The Columbine Massacre occurs.

Deepwater Horizon Oil Platform explodes.

Korean Airlines plane shot down.

Apollo 16 lands on moon.

French Revolutionary Wars begin.

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Today in history:

The Captain and Tennille hit the pop charts.

Truck bomb destroys federal building in Oklahoma.

Waco, Texas siege ends.

Bobbi Gibb runs the Boston Marathon.

The First Boston Marathon is held.

Bride of Frankenstein premeires.

The Revolutionary War begins.

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Today in history:

Dick Clark dies.

U.S. Embassy bombed in Lebanon.

Bill Russell named coach of the Celtics.

Grace Kelly marries.

Superman debuts.

First game played at Yankee Stadium.

Earthquake strikes San Francisco.

Paul Revere begins his famous ride.

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Today in history:

Eddie Cochran dies.

Mustang unveiled.

Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.

Bay of Pigs invasion begins.

Daffy Duck makes his debut.

MGM founded.

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Today in history:

A gunman kills 32 at Virginia Tech.

Apollo 16 launches.

Martin Luther King Jr. pens his 'Letter from Birmingham Jail.'

George Washington leaves for New York.

Abraham Lincoln signs bill ending slavery.

Harriet Quimby flies across the English Channel.

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Today in history:

Robert E. Lee surrenders.

Saddam Hussein statue falls.

Funeral held for martin Luther King Jr.

Challenger completes mission.

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Today in history:

Hank Aaorn hits 715.

Kurt Cobain found dead.

Jimmy Swaggert resigns.

MV Dara Sinks.

Picasso dies.

Venus De Milo discovered.

Slavery abolished.

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Today in history:

John Wayne wins Best Actor.

George Michael arrested.

Union forces defeat Confederates at Battle of Shiloh.

First successful long distance transmission of television.

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