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1812 | The United States declared war against Britain. |
1815 | British and Prussian troops defeated the French under Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo in Belgium. |
1873 | Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election. |
1928 | Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as she completed a flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours. |
1948 | The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted the International Declaration of Human Rights. |
1948 | Columbia Records unveiled its new long-playing, 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record. |
1979 | President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna.
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1983 | Astronaut Sally K. Ride became America's first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger. |
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2002 | A Palestinian detonated a nail-studded bomb in a Jerusalem bus, killing 19 passengers and himself. |
2004 | European Union leaders agreed on the first constitution for the bloc's 25 members. |
2006 | Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected the first female presiding bishop for the Episcopal Church, the U.S. arm of the global Anglican Communion. |
2011 | Saxophone player Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band died at age 69. |
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