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1790 | The first U.S. census was completed, showing a population of nearly 4 million people. |
1876 | Colorado was admitted to the union as the 38th state. |
1914 | Germany declared war on Russia at the onset of World War I. |
1936 | The Olympic games opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. |
1942 | Rock musician Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead was born in San Francisco. |
1943 | Race-related rioting erupted in New York City's Harlem section, resulting in several deaths. |
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1944 | An uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation. |
1966 | Charles Joseph Whitman shot and killed 14 people at the University of Texas before he was gunned down by police.
| Austin, Texas, Police Chief R.A. Miles |
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1981 | The music video channel MTV made its debut. |
1988 | Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh began broadcasting his nationally syndicated radio program. |
1995 | Westinghouse Electric Corp. struck a deal to buy CBS for $5.4 billion. |
2005 | King Fahd of Saudi Arabia died. Crown Prince Abdullah, the king's half-brother, became the country's new monarch. |
2011 | The U.S. House of Representatives passed, 269-161, emergency legislation to avert the nation's first-ever financial default. |
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