1946
Nations unite
The United Nations General Assembly convened in New York for the first time.
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1915
25,000 women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote.
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1973
President Richard Nixon agreed to turn White House tape recordings requested by the Watergate special prosecutor over to Judge John J. Sirica.
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1983
A suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International airport in Lebanon killed 241 U.S. Marines and sailors.
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2002
Chechen rebels seized a crowded Moscow theater, taking hundreds hostage. Russian forces stormed the building the next day.
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2003
Madame Chiang Kai-shek died at age 105.
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