1991
The Yugoslav Wars begin
Croatia and Slovenia proclaimed their independence from Yugoslavia, beginning the Yugoslavian civil war.
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1788
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1876
Lt. Col. George A. Custer and all his men were killed by Sioux and Cheyanne Indians at the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana.
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1950
Communist North Korean troops invaded South Korea, beginning the Korean War.
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1951
The first commercial color TV program was transmitted by CBS from New York to Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington, DC.
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1997
Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau died.
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2009
Michael Jackson, lifelong musician, pop singer, and superstar, dies at age 50.
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