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2012   Trogloraptor marchingtoni, an unusual spider discovered in 2010 is determined to be a new family of spiders previously unknown in the world of science; the new spider family has been named Trogloraptor, meaning 'cave robber'
2012   The uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Jang Song-thank, meets Hu Jintao, the President of China
2011   In Kabul, a rocket is fired into the compound of Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
2011   The price of gold reaches a new record after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez announces plans to nationalize his country's gold industry
2010   Afghan archeologists discover the remains of a Buddhist site located south of Kabul
2008   Michael Phelps wins 8 Gold Medals in 2008 Olympics
2000   The Democratic party nominates Al Gore to run for president

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1989   32nd Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland, 12 -11
1989   Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place (1,208th cons game)
1988   Butch Reynolds runs world record 400m (43.29)
1988   LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991
1988   New York City 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy)
1988   Republicans nominate George H. W. Bush for president
1988   U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987   Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games
1987   Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57)
1987   Mohammad Ali elected to "Ring" magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame
1986   Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market
1986   Cindy Mackey wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am
1986   Pat Bradley wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
1986   Rioting at DMC concert, 40 injured
1986   Red Sox trade shortstop Rey Quinones and pitcher Mike Trujillo to Mariners for shortstop Spike Owen and outfielder Dave Henderson
1985   1,400 meatpackers walk off the job at a Geo A Hormel and Co plant
1985   Dave Kingman hits his 400th home run
1985   Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India
1985   Sara Trollinger forms House of Hope in Orlando
1984   Pete Rose returns to Cincinnati Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits)
1983   Hurricane Alicia, kills 17 in Texas
1982   Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18)
1982   South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin
1980   "Blackstone" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 104 performances
1980   Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1980   George Brett goes 4-for-4, raising his batting average to .401

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1969   51st PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 276 at NCR Golf Club Dayton, Ohio
1969   Carol Mann wins LPGA Southgate Ladies' Golf Open
1969   New York Jets beat New York Giants 37-14 in their 1st meeting (pre season)
1968   Dick Beyers (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne, to become NWA champ
1966   Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit
1966   Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time home run list
1964   Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 vs. Australia at the Oval
1963   Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit for cycle
1963   Oriole's Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief
1962   Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr
1962   E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector
1961   Building of Berlin Wall begins
1961   Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress
1960   Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow
1960   Gabon gains independence from France, National Day
1960   Indonesia drops diplomatic relations with Netherlands

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1948   Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent
1948   Phillies commit 8 errors in a game
1948   Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season
1946   Arthur Honegger's 3rd Symphony "Liturgique," premieres
1945   Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands
1945   Koreas divided on 38th parallel with U.S. occupying the southern area
1944   4th Canadian Armour division occupiers Trun Normandy
1944   Canadian 2nd division conquerors Falaise Normandy
1944   German Field Marshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy
1944   Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border
1944   U.S. 12 Army corp occupies Orleans
1944   U.S. 320th regiment infantry occupies Chateaudun
1944   Yankees Johnny Lindell ties record with 4 consecutive doubles in a game
1943   498 British bombers attack Peenemunde
1943   General Patton enters Messina, completing conquest of Sicily by Allies
1943   U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17O at attack on Regensburg/Schweinfurt
1942   1st European bombing run undertaken by U.S. forces
1942   1st US/8th Air Force bombs Europe
1942   Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on Hornet
1942   Transport nr 20 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1942   U.S. bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France
1941   German raider attacks Dutch SS Kota Nopan
1940   Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William M. King agree to joint defense commission
1940   Hitler orders total blockade of Great Britain

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1918   British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan
1918   Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000
1918   Turkish troops overthrow Caukasus
1917   Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey
1916   Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia
1915   German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana
1915   Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas (275 killed)
1915   Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
1914   French troops under General de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins
1914   Lithuiana surrenders to Germans
1908   B Tarkington and HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in New York City
1908   Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay and Montgomery
1907   Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union
1905   Dutch government of De Master begins
1904   Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0
1903   Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U and begins Pulitzer Prizes

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1846   U.S. fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California
1836   British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death
1836   HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin leave South-America for last time
1835   Solymon Merrick patents wrench
1834   Charles Darwin reaches top of Campana, Chile
1827   Dutch King Willem I/Pope Leo XII sign concord
1808   Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain
1807   Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River
1796   English beat Bataafs Navy in Saldanha Bay
1788   Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded
1787   Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups
1743   Sweden and Russia sign peace treaty

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