1994
Crime on primetime
O. J. Simpson's slow-speed chase by the police, watched by millions on TV, ended in his arrest.
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1775
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the American Revolution.
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1885
The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
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1928
Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.
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1944
The Republic of Iceland was established.
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1963
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.
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1972
Burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, DC, started the Watergate political scandal.
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2002
Australian scientists announced that they had "teleported" a laser beam—breaking it up and reconstructing it in another location.
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