1966
To boldly go where no man has gone before!
Star Trek premiered on television.
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1900
A hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, killing about 8,000 people.
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1935
Louisiana Senator Huey P. Long, "The Kingfish," was shot and mortally wounded by Dr. Carl Austin Weiss, Jr.
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1951
The San Francisco Peace Treaty was signed, formally ending World War II hostilities with Japan.
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1952
Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea was published.
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1974
President Gerald Ford gave former President Nixon a full pardon for all federal crimes he may have committed while he was in office.
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1998
Mark McGwire's 62nd home run broke Roger Maris's record of 61 homers set in 1961.
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