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2018
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2010
“Iron Man 2”, directed by Jon Favreau, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow, premieres in Los Angeles
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1994
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1993
NBC announces Conan O’Brien to replace David Letterman.
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1991
Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession & distribution of illegal narcotics.
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1986
The world’s worst nuclear disaster to date occurred at Chernobyl, in Kiev. Thirty-one people died in the incident and thousands more were exposed to radioactive material.
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1982
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1964
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1959
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1945
Marshal Philippe Pétain, leader of France’s Vichy collaborationist regime during World War II, arrested for treason.
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1933
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1920
Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with Canada’s 12-1 drubbing of Sweden in the gold medal match.
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1835
Frederic Chopin’s “Grand Polonaise Brillante” premieres in Paris.
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1792
“La Marseillaise”, later the national anthem of France, is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg.
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1514
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