1775
Ride, Paul, ride!
Paul Revere rode from Charlestown to Lexington to warn Massachusetts colonists of the arrival of British troops during the American Revolution.
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1906
The Great San Francisco Earthquake destroyed over 4 sq mi. and killed over 500 people.
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1923
The first game was played in Yankee Stadium (“the House that Ruth built”). Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4–1.
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1956
Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco.
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1968
London Bridge was sold to an American. It was rebuilt in Arizona.
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1978
The U.S. Senate voted to hand over the Panama Canal to Panamanian control on Dec. 31, 1999.
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2002
Afghanistan’s former king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, returned after 29 years in exile.
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2012
American Bandstand and New Year's Rockin' Eve host Dick Clark died of heart failure.
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