2007
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Winter storms caused the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, also closing a 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.
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2005
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XCOR Aerospace makes first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California.
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1999
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NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
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Six Firefighters killed in the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire in Worcester Mass.
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1997
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1992
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UN Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF, with the task of establishing peace and ensuring that humanitarian aid is distributed in Somalia.
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The Greek oil tanker ''Aegean Sea'', carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
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1990
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At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on the runway, killing 7 passengers and 1 crew member aboard flight 1482.
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1989
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1984
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Bhopal Disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
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1982
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A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
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1979
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In Cincinnati, Ohio, eleven fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert .
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Shadow Traffic begins broadcasting in the New York City metropolitan area.
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1976
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An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, but plays a concert two days later.
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1973
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1971
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1970
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October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross is released by the Front de libération du Québec terrorist group after being held hostage for 60 days. Police negotiate his release and in return the Canadian government grants five terrorists from the FLQ's Chenier Cell their request for safe passage to Cuba.
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1967
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At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
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1964
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1959
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The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
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1944
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1929
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1917
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After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
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1912
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1904
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The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
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1901
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1854
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Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.
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1818
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1800
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War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French General Moreau defeats the Austrian Archduke John near Munich decisively, coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's victory at Marengo effectively forcing the Austrians to sign an armistice and ending the war.
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