1971
Secret wars no more
The New York Times began publishing the "Pentagon Papers."
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1900
The Boxer Rebellion began in China.
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1966
The U.S. Supreme Court set forth in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must advise suspects of their rights upon taking them into custody.
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1967
Thurgood Marshall was nominated to become the first African American on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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1983
The U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system.
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1986
Bandleader and clarinetist Benny Goodman died.
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2000
The first meeting between Pres. Kim Jong Il of North Korea and Pres. Kim Dae Jung of South Korea occurred.
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