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James Earl Ray, suspect in Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination, is arrested
This day in History: 1968 - James Earl Ray, an escaped American convict, is arrested in London, England, and charged with the...
CNN launches
This day in History: 1980 - CNN (Cable News Network), the world’s first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut. The network...
Pope John Paul II born
This day in History: 1920 - Karol Jozef Wojtyla is born in the Polish town of Wadowice, 35 miles southwest of Krakow. Wojtyla went on to...
Dust storm sweeps from Great Plains across Eastern states
This day in History: 1934 - A massive storm sends millions of tons of topsoil flying from across the parched Great Plains region of the...
National Guard kills four students in Kent State shootings
This day in History: 1970 - In Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen fire their weapons at a group of anti-war demonstrators on the Kent...
Universe is created, according to Kepler
This day in History: 4977 BC - The universe is created, according to German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, considered a...
Teen gunmen kill 13 at Columbine High School
This day in History: 1999 - Two teenage gunmen kill 13 people in a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, south...
Tiger Woods wins the Masters Tournament for the first time
This day in History: 1997 - A 21-year-old Tiger Woods wins the prestigious Masters Tournament by a record 12 strokes in Augusta, Georgia....
The United States officially enters World War I
This day in History: 1917 - Two days after the U.S. Senate voted 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of...
President Reagan shot
This day in History: 1981 - President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by a deranged drifter named...
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