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A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (...
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Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South...
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With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
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STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in sp...
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Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an ...
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President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.
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The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
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The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verse...
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The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at 4 cents/acre in ...
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