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| 1790 |
The first U.S. census was completed, showing a population of nearly 4 million people. |
| 1876 |
Colorado was admitted to the union as the 38th state. |
| 1914 |
Germany declared war on Russia at the onset of World War I. |
| 1936 |
The Olympic games opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. |
| 1942 |
Rock musician Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead was born in San Francisco. |
| 1943 |
Race-related rioting erupted in New York City’s Harlem section, resulting in several deaths. |
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| 1944 |
An uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation. |
| 1966 |
Charles Joseph Whitman shot and killed 14 people at the University of Texas before he was gunned down by police.
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| 1981 |
The music video channel MTV made its debut. |
| 1988 |
Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh began broadcasting his nationally syndicated radio program. |
| 1995 |
Westinghouse Electric Corp. struck a deal to buy CBS for $5.4 billion. |
| 2005 |
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia died. Crown Prince Abdullah, the king’s half-brother, became the country’s new monarch. |
| 2011 |
The U.S. House of Representatives passed, 269-161, emergency legislation to avert the nation’s first-ever financial default. |
