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History of 7 March
History of 7 March
1994 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that does...
History of 6 March
History of 6 March
1990 - In Afghanistan, an attempted coup to remove President Najibullah from office failed.
1990 - The Russian Parliament passed...
History of 2 March
History of 2 March
1980 - The situation known as "Abscam" began when reports surfaced that the FBI had conducted a sting operation that...
History of 29 February
History of 29 February
1904 - In Washington, DC, a seven-man commission was created to hasten the construction of the Panama Canal.
1940 - Hattie...
History of 25 January
History of 25 January
1981 - The 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived in the United States and were reunited...
History of 16 July
· 2005- J.K. Rowling's book "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" wasreleased. It was the sixth in the Harry Potter series. The book...
History of 8 July
History of 8 July
1997 - The Mayo Clinic and the U.S. government warned that the diet-drug combination known as "fen-phen" could cause serious heart...
History of 6 July
History of 6 July
1996 - Steffi Graf won her seventh Wimbledon title.
1997 - The Mars Pathfinder released Sojourner, a robot rover on the surface of...
History of 5 July
History of 5 July
1991 - Regulators shut down the Pakistani-managed Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in eight countries. The charge was...
History of 4 July
History of 4 July
1997 - The Mars Pathfinder, an unmanned spacecraft, landed on Mars. A rover named Sojourner was deployed to gather data about...
History of 3 July
History of 3 July
1991 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush formally inaugurated the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.
2013 – Egyptian coup d'état: President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is...
History of 2 July
History of 2 July
1995 - "Forbes" magazine reported that Microsoft's chairman, Bill Gates, was the worth $12.9 billion, making him the world's richest...