| 2003 | Noel Redding, bassist for the Jimi Hendrix Experience power rock trio, dies at his Ireland home at age 57.
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| 1996 | 110 passengers and crew perish when a ValuJet DC-9 jetliner crashes in the Everglades near Miami, Florida.
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| 1985 | 50 fans are killed as fire races through a crowded soccer stadium in Bradford, England.
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| 1981 | Reggae singer/guitarist Bob Marley dies in Miami at age 36.
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| 1963 | L.A. Dodgers lefty pitcher Sandy Koufax hurls a no-hitter.
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| 1949 | Israel is admitted to the United Nations.
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| 1949 | Siam changes its name to Thailand.
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| 1947 | The tubeless automobile tire is announced by the B.F. Goodrich company.
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| 1946 | The first packages from the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, or CARE, arrive in Europe at Le Havre, France.
(Uncle Woody sez: Baby boomers still use the term 'CARE package' to denote relief from an unexpected source.)
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| 1944 | Allied forces launch a major offensive in central Italy, during WWII.
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| 1910 | Glacier National Park is established (Montana, USA).
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| 1858 | Minnesota becomes the 32nd state to join the US.
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| 1779 | John Hart, signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies.
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| 1647 | Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to become governor.
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