2003
55 million without power
The largest blackout in North American history hit the northeast. The blackout spread so far due to a software bug.
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1900
International forces entered Beijing, China, in an effort to suppress the antiforeign uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion.
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1935
The Social Security Act became law.
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1945
Japan surrendered to the United States, ending World War II.
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1947
Pakistan became independent of British rule.
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1951
Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California.
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1995
Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at the Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina.
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1997
Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.
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