1947
Hollywood Ten
Movie executives blacklisted the "Hollywood Ten."
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1758
The British captured Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) in the French and Indian Wars.
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1783
The British evacuated New York City, their last military position, after the Revolutionary War.
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1841
The slaves who seized the Amistad in 1839 were freed by the Supreme Court. They had been defended by former president John Quincy Adams.
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1986
Iran-Contra scandal broke.
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1998
Jiang Zemin became the first Chinese head of state to visit Japan since World War II.
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1999
Elian Gonzalez was rescued off the coast of Florida.
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2002
President George W. Bush signed into law the Department of Homeland Security and named Tom Ridge as head.
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