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| 1777 |
American soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga during the Revolutionary War. |
| 1881 |
President James A. Garfield died of wounds inflicted by an assassin more than two months earlier. |
| 1934 |
Bruno Hauptmann was arrested in New York and charged with the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby. |
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| 1955 |
President Juan Peron of Argentina was ousted after a revolt by the military. |
| 1957 |
The United States conducted its first underground nuclear test, in the Nevada desert. |
| 1970 |
“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” debuted on CBS. |
| 1985 |
The Mexico City area was struck by the first of two devastating earthquakes that claimed some 6,000 lives. |
| 1994 |
U.S. troops entered Haiti to enforce the return of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. |
| 1995 |
The New York Times and The Washington Post published the Unabomber’s manifesto. |
| 2001 |
The Pentagon ordered combat aircraft to the Persian Gulf in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. |
| 2002 |
President George W. Bush asked Congress for authority to use military force if necessary to disarm and overthrow Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein if he did not abandon weapons of mass destruction. |
| 2004 |
Hu Jintao became the undisputed leader of China with the departure of former President Jiang Zemin from his top military post. |
| 2008 |
Struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration asked Congress for $700 billion to buy up troubled mortgage-related assets from U.S. financial institutions. |
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| 2008 |
AMC’s “Mad Men” became the first basic-cable show to win a top series Emmy award. |
| 2010 |
The BP oil well that had spilled hundred of millions of oil into the Gulf of Mexico was sealed with a permanent cement plug. |
