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1492<\/td>\nThe leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1788<\/td>\nGeorgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1900<\/td>\nSecretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy to prompt trade with China.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1935<\/td>\nBruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington, N.J., on charges of kidnapping and murdering the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (He was found guilty and executed.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>\nThe New York Jets signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for a reported $400,000.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1974<\/td>\nPresident Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nPolice in Sheffield, England, arrested Peter Sutcliffe, who confessed to being the “Yorkshire Ripper,” the serial killer of 13 women.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nSharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of Washington, D.C., becoming the first African-American woman to head a city of Washington’s size and prominence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nA methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia trapped 13 miners underground for more than 40 hours; only one survived.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nOil prices soared to $100 a barrel for the first time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actress Kate Bosworth turns 34 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Jim Bakker<\/td>\nFormer TV evangelist<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dennis Hastert<\/td>\nFormer House speaker<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jack Hanna<\/td>\nTV host<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tia Carrere<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cuba Gooding Jr.<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christy Turlington<\/td>\nModel<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taye Diggs<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paz Vega<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Dax Shepard turns 42 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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