1953
Peace on the Korean peninsula
An armistice was signed ending the Korean War.
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1861
Union general George B. McClellan was put in command of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.
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1940
Bugs Bunny made his debut in the cartoon A Wild Hare.
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1974
The House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach Richard Nixon for obstructing justice in the Watergate case.
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1995
The Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.
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1996
A pipe bomb exploded in an Atlanta park during the Olympic Games.
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2003
Lance Armstrong won his fifth straight Tour de France, tying Miguel Indurain's record.
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2012
The 2012 Summer Olympics began in London.
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