| 2006 |
Singer-guitarist Avril Levigne , 21, marries Sum 41 singer-guitarist Deryck Whibley, 26, in a private ceremony in Montecito, California.
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| 2003 |
Tex Schramm, former Dallas Cowboys president and general manager, dies at his Dallas, TX home at age 83. Schramm's contributions to NFL football include the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, instant replay, in-helmet radios, and the Cowboys' annual Thanksgiving Day game.
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| 1997 |
Fashion designer Gianni Versace is shot and killed at his home in Miami.
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| 1996 |
The all-news network MSNBC, a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC, debuts on cable TV and the Internet.
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| 1994 |
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger has his hand- and footprints placed in wet cement in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
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| 1991 |
Actor and TV host Bert Convy dies of a brain tumor in Los Angeles at age 57.
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| 1975 |
Soviet cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 19 and NASA astronauts aboard Apollo 18 lift off for an historic mission that will have them rendezvous in space two days later.
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1973 |
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Capitol Records releases Grand Funk Railroad's We're An American Band album.
(The album would later reach #2 on the US album charts.)
(photo credit: Capitol)
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1971 |
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US president Richard Nixon announces that he will make an historic visit to the People's Republic of China.
(photo credit: NARA)
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| 1968 |
Commercial passenger air travel service begins between the US and the USSR.
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| 1965 |
NASA scientists unveil close-up photos of Mars, taken by the Mariner IV space probe.
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| 1916 |
Airplane maker Boeing is founded in Seattle.
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| 1876 |
St. Louis pitcher George Washington Bradley throws the first no-hitter in baseball history, as his team beats Hartford, 2-0.
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| 1870 |
Georgia becomes the last Confederate state to rejoin the Union, following the US Civil War.
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