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href="/this-day-in-history/eiffel-tower-opens">31</a></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td></tr></table></div><div class="caltable"><table class=""><tr><th colspan="7">April</th></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/april-fools-tradition-popularized">1</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/pope-john-paul-ii-dies">2</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/pony-express-debuts">3</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/dr-king-is-assassinated">4</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/pocahontas-marries-john-rolfe">5</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-modern-olympic-games">6</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/civil-war-erupts-in-rwanda">7</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/aaron-sets-new-home-run-record">8</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/robert-e-lee-surrenders">9</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/aspca-is-founded">10</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/napoleon-exiled-to-elba">11</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/the-civil-war-begins">12</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/tiger-woods-wins-first-major">13</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/lincoln-is-shot">14</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/jackie-robinson-breaks-color-barrier">15</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/hallucinogenic-effects-of-lsd-discovered">16</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/apollo-13-returns-to-earth">17</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/the-great-san-francisco-earthquake">18</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-boston-marathon-held">19</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/castro-announces-mariel-boatlift">20</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/rome-founded">21</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/the-first-earth-day">22</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/william-shakespeare-born">23</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/easter-rebellion-begins">24</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/andropov-writes-to-u-s-student">25</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/polio-vaccine-trials-begin">26</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/universe-is-created-according-to-kepler">27</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/benito-mussolini-executed">28</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/world-war-ii-monument-opens-in-washington-d-c">29</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide">30</a></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td></tr></table></div><div class="caltable"><table class=""><tr><th colspan="7">May</th></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/empire-state-building-dedicated">1</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/loch-ness-monster-sighted">2</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/niccolo-machiavelli-born">3</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/rabin-and-arafat-sign-accord-for-palestinian-self-rule">4</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/the-first-american-in-space">5</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/english-channel-tunnel-opens">6</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/the-scream-recovered">7</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/v-e-day-is-celebrated-in-america-and-britain">8</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/l-ron-hubbard-publishes-dianetics">9</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/transcontinental-railroad-completed">10</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/dust-storm-sweeps-from-great-plains-across-eastern-states">11</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/race-car-driver-a-j-foyt-gets-first-pro-victory">12</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/president-polk-declares-war-on-mexico">13</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/lewis-and-clark-depart">14</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/madeleine-albright-is-born">15</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-academy-awards-ceremony">16</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/brown-v-board-of-ed-is-decided">17</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/pope-john-paul-ii-born">18</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/lawrence-of-arabia-dies">19</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/levi-strauss-and-jacob-davis-receive-patent-for-blue-jeans">20</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/american-red-cross-founded">21</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/great-emigration-departs-for-oregon">22</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/police-kill-famous-outlaws-bonnie-and-clyde">23</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/brooklyn-bridge-opens">24</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/star-wars-opens">25</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/dracula-goes-on-sale-in-london">26</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/bismarck-sunk-by-royal-navy">27</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/appeal-for-amnesty-campaign-launches">28</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/hillary-and-tenzing-reach-everest-summit">29</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/joan-of-arc-martyred">30</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/big-ben-goes-into-operation-in-london">31</a></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td></tr></table></div><div class="caltable"><table class=""><tr><th colspan="7">June</th></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/cnn-launches">1</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/babe-ruth-retires">2</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/crackdown-at-tiananmen-begins">3</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/battle-of-midway-begins">4</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/fdr-takes-united-states-off-gold-standard">5</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/d-day">6</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-successful-ascent-of-mt-mckinley">7</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/king-assassination-suspect-arrested">8</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/secretariat-wins-triple-crown">9</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/franklin-flies-kite-during-thunderstorm">10</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/john-wayne-dies">11</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/reagan-challenges-gorbachev">12</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/the-miranda-rights-are-established">13</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/congress-adopts-the-stars-and-stripes">14</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/magna-carta-sealed">15</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-roller-coaster-in-america-opens">16</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/statue-of-liberty-arrives-in-new-york-harbor">17</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/war-of-1812-begins">18</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/rosenbergs-executed">19</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/jaws-released-2">20</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/u-s-constitution-ratified">21</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/fdr-signs-g-i-bill">22</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/teflon-don-sentenced-to-life">23</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/u-s-air-force-reports-on-roswell">24</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/battle-of-little-bighorn">25</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/u-s-begins-berlin-airlift">26</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/truman-orders-u-s-forces-to-korea-2">27</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/workers-assemble-first-corvette-in-flint-michigan">28</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/u-s-space-shuttle-docks-with-russian-space-station">29</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/gone-with-the-wind-published">30</a></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td></tr></table></div><div class="caltable"><table class=""><tr><th colspan="7">July</th></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/hong-kong-returned-to-china">1</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/johnson-signs-civil-rights-act">2</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/battle-of-gettysburg-ends">3</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/u-s-declares-independence">4</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/bikini-introduced">5</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/althea-gibson-is-first-african-american-to-win-wimbledon">6</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/building-of-hoover-dam-begins">7</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/paris-celebrates-2000th-birthday">8</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/wimbledon-tournament-begins">9</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/monkey-trial-begins">10</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/burr-slays-hamilton-in-duel">11</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/ferraro-named-vice-presidential-candidate">12</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/live-aid-concert">13</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/french-revolutionaries-storm-bastille">14</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/nixon-announces-visit-to-communist-china">15</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/atom-bomb-successfully-tested">16</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/disneyland-opens">17</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/fdr-nominated-for-unprecedented-third-term">18</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/rosetta-stone-found">19</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/armstrong-walks-on-moon">20</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/the-first-battle-of-bull-run">21</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/jessica-lynch-gets-heros-welcome">22</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/miss-america-resigns">23</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/machu-picchu-discovered">24</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/worlds-first-test-tube-baby-born">25</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/u-s-postal-system-established">26</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/house-begins-impeachment-of-nixon">27</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/14th-amendment-adopted">28</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/nasa-created">29</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/johnson-signs-medicare-into-law">30</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/jimmy-hoffa-disappears">31</a></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td></tr></table></div><div class="caltable"><table class="current"><tr><th colspan="7">August</th></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/texans-head-for-the-thrills-at-six-flags">1</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/iraq-invades-kuwait">2</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/nautilus-travels-under-north-pole">3</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/anne-frank-captured">4</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/divers-recover-u-s-s-monitor-turret">5</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/american-bomber-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hiroshima">6</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/wood-raft-makes-4300-mile-voyage">7</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/nixon-resigns">8</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/unusual-succession-makes-ford-president">9</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/smithsonian-institution-created">10</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/federal-prisoners-land-on-alcatraz">11</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/skeleton-of-tyrannosaurus-rex-discovered">12</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/berlin-is-divided">13</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/blackout-hits-northeast-united-states">14</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/the-woodstock-festival-opens-in-bethel-new-york">15</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/gold-discovered-in-the-yukon">16</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/woodstock-music-festival-concludes">17</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/soviet-hard-liners-launch-coup-against-gorbachev">18</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-race-is-held-at-the-indianapolis-motor-speedway">19</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-around-the-world-telegram-sent-66-years-before-voyager-ii-launch">20</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/hawaii-becomes-50th-state">21</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/althea-gibson-becomes-first-african-american-on-u-s-tennis-tour">22</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/fannie-farmer-opens-cooking-school">23</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/vesuvius-erupts">24</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/the-great-moon-hoax">25</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-televised-major-league-baseball-game">26</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/krakatau-explodes">27</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/charles-and-diana-divorce">28</a></td></tr><tr><td class="cal-current"><a href="/this-day-in-history/hurricane-katrina-slams-into-gulf-coast">29</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/thurgood-marshall-confirmed-as-supreme-court-justice">30</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/polish-government-signs-accord-with-gdansk-shipyard-workers">31</a></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td></tr></table></div><div class="caltable"><table class=""><tr><th colspan="7">September</th></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/atlanta-falls-to-union-forces">1</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-atm-opens-for-business">2</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/treaty-of-paris-signed">3</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/geronimo-surrenders">4</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/sam-houston-elected-as-president-of-texas">5</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-tank-produced">6</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/united-states-nicknamed-uncle-sam">7</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/ford-pardons-nixon">8</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/presidents-child-born-in-white-house">9</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-drunk-driving-arrest">10</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/attack-on-america">11</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/lascaux-cave-paintings-discovered">12</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/key-pens-star-spangled-banner">13</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/mckinley-dies-of-infection-from-gunshot-wounds">14</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/ali-defeats-spinks-to-win-world-heavyweight-championship">15</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/gandhi-begins-fast-in-protest-of-caste-separation">16</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/battle-of-antietam">17</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/capitol-cornerstone-is-laid">18</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/nevada-is-site-of-first-ever-underground-nuclear-explosion">19</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/king-triumphs-in-battle-of-sexes">20</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/benedict-arnold-commits-treason">21</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/lincoln-issues-emancipation-proclamation">22</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/billy-the-kid-arrested-for-first-time">23</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/the-first-supreme-court">24</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/central-high-school-integrated">25</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-kennedy-nixon-debate">26</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/john-adams-appointed-to-negotiate-peace-terms-with-british">27</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/ted-williams-becomes-last-player-to-hit-400">28</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/reporter-judith-miller-released-from-prison">29</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/uss-nautilus-commissioned">30</a></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td></tr></table></div><div class="caltable"><table class=""><tr><th colspan="7">October</th></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/yosemite-national-park-established">1</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/hollywood-icon-rock-hudson-dies-of-aids">2</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/o-j-simpson-acquitted">3</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/sputnik-launched">4</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-presidential-speech-on-tv">5</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-u-s-train-robbery">6</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/arnold-schwarzenegger-becomes-california-governor">7</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/great-chicago-fire-begins">8</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/che-guevara-is-executed">9</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/achille-lauro-hijacking-ends">10</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/jimmy-carter-wins-nobel-prize">11</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/columbus-reaches-the-new-world">12</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/white-house-cornerstone-laid">13</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/yeager-breaks-sound-barrier">14</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/mata-hari-executed">15</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/the-long-march">16</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/capone-goes-to-prison">17</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/u-s-takes-possession-of-alaska">18</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/victory-at-yorktown">19</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/congress-investigates-reds-in-hollywood">20</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/guggenheim-museum-opens-in-new-york-city">21</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/cuban-missile-crisis">22</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/hostage-crisis-in-moscow-theater">23</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/first-barrel-ride-down-niagara-falls">24</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/pablo-picasso-born">25</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/shootout-at-the-ok-corral">26</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/new-york-city-subway-opens">27</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/gateway-arch-completed">28</a></td></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/john-glenn-returns-to-space">29</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation">30</a></td><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/martin-luther-posts-95-theses">31</a></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td><td><span></span></td></tr></table></div><div class="caltable"><table class=""><tr><th colspan="7">November</th></tr><tr><td class=""><a href="/this-day-in-history/sistine-chapel-ceiling-opens-to-public">1</a></td><td class=""><a 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      <p>On this day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive hurricane ever to hit the United States, makes landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast, near New Orleans, Louisiana. Katrina, which formed over the Bahamas on August 23, was the third major hurricane of a particularly severe 2005 season.&#160; The storm caused massive devastation in and around the city of New Orleans and major damage elsewhere in Louisiana and along the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama.</p>
<p>On August 28, Katrina briefly achieved Category 5 status&#8212;becoming the second Category 5 storm of the season&#8212;and that day, the National Weather Service predicted &#8220;devastating&#8221; damage to the Gulf region. Although New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin then ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city, an estimated 150,000 people who either could not or would not leave stayed behind. The next day, Katrina made landfall as a Category 4 storm, bringing with it sustained winds of 145 mph with gusts of up to 175 mph and massive storm surges that overwhelmed the city&#8217;s levees, flooding 80 percent of the city, as well as many of the outlying neighborhoods, or parishes.</p>
<p>Without electricity or basic supplies, tens of thousands of people sought shelter in the New Orleans Convention Center and Louisiana Superdome. At both sites, conditions rapidly deteriorated amid overcrowding and a lack of supplies. Almost unbelievably, it took more than two days for a full-scale relief effort to be launched. In the meantime, frustration mounted as stranded residents suffered from heat, hunger, crime and a lack of medical care. As news networks broadcast scenes from the devastated city to the world, it became obvious that a vast majority of the victims were African-American and poor, leading to difficult questions among the public about the state of racial equality in the United States. The federal government and President George W. Bush were roundly criticized for what was perceived as their slow response to the disaster.&#160; The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) resigned amid the ensuing controversy.</p>
<p>Finally, on September 1, an evacuation of stranded residents to the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, began. Military convoys arrived with supplies and the National Guard was charged with halting lawlessness. As efforts began to collect and identify corpses, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began fixing the damage to New Orleans&#8217; levee system; the repairs were completed on September 6, allowing crews to begin pumping water out of the city.</p>
<p>Hurricane Katrina was the most costly natural disaster in American history, with damages of more than $80 billion. In all, more than 1,800 people died, 1 million more were displaced and 400,000 lost their jobs as a result of the disaster. Even one year later, despite efforts to rebuild the city, large parts of New Orleans remained heavily damaged and thousands remained homeless or unemployed.</p>

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	<div class="day-article article day-category top-border social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hero-security-guard-wrongly-accused-as-bombing-suspect-dies" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 2007, Hero security guard wrongly accused as bombing suspect dies">
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		<strong class="year">2007  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/hero-security-guard-wrongly-accused-as-bombing-suspect-dies">Hero security guard wrongly accused as bombing suspect dies</a></div>
		<p>Richard Jewell, the hero security guard turned Olympic bombing suspect, dies at age 44 of natural causes at his Georgia home.
On July 27, 1996, during the Summer Games in Atlanta, a pipe bomb with nails went off in crowded Centennial Olympic Park, killing one woman and injuring 111 other people....</p>
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	<div class="day-article article day-category  social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-donna-is-born" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 1960, Hurricane Donna is born">
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		<strong class="year">1960  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/hurricane-donna-is-born">Hurricane Donna is born</a></div>
		<p>On this day in 1960, the storm that would become Hurricane Donna forms near Cape Verde off the African coast. It would go on to cause 150 deaths from Puerto Rico to New England over the next two weeks.
On August 31, Donna attained hurricane status and headed west toward the...</p>
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	<div class="day-article article day-category  social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pizarro-executes-last-inca-emperor" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 1533, Pizarro Executes Last Inca Emperor">
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		<strong class="year">1533  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/pizarro-executes-last-inca-emperor">Pizarro Executes Last Inca Emperor</a></div>
		<p>Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro&#8217;s Spanish conquistadors. The execution of Atahuallpa, the last free reigning emperor, marked the end of 300 years of Inca civilization.
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	<div class="day-article article   social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 1949, Soviets explode atomic bomb">
		<strong class="year">1949  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb">Soviets explode atomic bomb</a></div>
		<p>At a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name &#8220;First Lightning.&#8221; In order to measure the effects of the blast, the Soviet scientists constructed buildings, bridges, and other civilian structures in the vicinity of the bomb. They also placed animals...</p>
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	<div class="day-article article   social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/humphrey-nominated-in-chicago" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 1968, Humphrey nominated in Chicago">
		<strong class="year">1968  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/humphrey-nominated-in-chicago">Humphrey nominated in Chicago</a></div>
		<p>In Chicago, the Democratic National Convention nominates Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey for the presidency, bringing to a close the most violent political convention in U.S. history.In the days preceding the convention, thousands of antiwar demonstrators descended on Chicago&#8217;s streets to protest the Vietnam War and its support by Humphrey,...</p>
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		<strong class="year">1975  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/eamon-de-valera-dies">Eamon de Valera dies</a></div>
		<p>Eamon de Valera, the most dominant Irish political figure of the 20th century, dies at the age of 92.
Eamon de Valera was born in New York City in 1882, the son of a Spanish father and Irish mother. When his father died two years later, he was sent to live...</p>
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	<div class="day-article article day-category  social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actress-ingrid-bergman-dies-on-her-birthday" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 1982, Actress Ingrid Bergman dies on her birthday">
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		<strong class="year">1982  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/actress-ingrid-bergman-dies-on-her-birthday">Actress Ingrid Bergman dies on her birthday</a></div>
		<p>On this day in 1982, the Swedish-born actress and three-time Academy Award winner Ingrid Bergman dies of cancer in London on her 67th birthday. Bergman, who was best known for her role as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca, created an international scandal in 1950 when she had a son with the...</p>
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		<strong class="year">1962  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/robert-frost-leaves-for-a-goodwill-tour-of-u-s-s-r">Robert Frost leaves for a goodwill tour of U.S.S.R.</a></div>
		<p>Robert Frost leaves for the Soviet Union on this day in 1962. The goodwill tour is sponsored by the U.S. State Department in an effort to thaw Cold War relations. Frost&#8217;s poetry has established his international reputation as American&#8217;s unofficial poet laureate. While his best work appeared in earlier decades,...</p>
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	<div class="day-article article day-category  social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/michael-jackson-is-born" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 1958, Michael Jackson is born">
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		<strong class="year">1958  </strong>
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		<p>Pop sensation Michael Jackson is born on this day in Gary, Indiana.
Jackson began performing with his four brothers in the pop group the Jackson 5 when he was a child. The group scored its first No. 1 single in 1969, with &#8220;I Want You Back.&#8221; By age 11, Jackson was...</p>
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	<div class="day-article article   social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/la-bamba-is-a-1-hit-for-los-lobos-and-posthumously-ritchie-valens" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 1987, &amp;#8220;La Bamba&amp;#8221; is a #1 hit for Los Lobos and, posthumously, Ritchie Valens">
		<strong class="year">1987  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/la-bamba-is-a-1-hit-for-los-lobos-and-posthumously-ritchie-valens">&#8220;La Bamba&#8221; is a #1 hit for Los Lobos and, posthumously, Ritchie Valens</a></div>
		<p>In one of pop music&#8217;s most famous and beautiful turns of phrase, songwriter Don McLean called the date on which the world lost Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. &#8220;The Big Bopper&#8221; Richardson &#8220;the Day the Music Died. &#8221; But while three rising young pop stars may have died on...</p>
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		<strong class="year">1911  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/ishi-discovered-in-california">Ishi discovered in California</a></div>
		<p>Ishi, described as the last surviving Stone Age Indian in the contiguous United States, is discovered in California.
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	<div class="day-article article day-category  social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-orders-navy-to-seize-control-of-petroleum-refineries" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 1945, Truman orders Navy to seize control of petroleum refineries">
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		<strong class="year">1945  </strong>
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		<p>On this day in 1945, President Harry Truman issues Executive Order No. 9639, giving the Secretary of the Navy the power to seize control of and operate a list of petroleum refineries and transportation companies in order to counteract strikes by oil workers. The list of plants seized by the...</p>
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	<div class="day-article article day-category  social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marathoner-assaulted-at-olympics" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 2004, Marathoner assaulted at Olympics">
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		<strong class="year">2004  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/marathoner-assaulted-at-olympics">Marathoner assaulted at Olympics</a></div>
		<p>On this day in 2004, Brazilian distance runner Vanderlei de Lima is attacked by a spectator while running the marathon, the final event of the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. At the time of the incident, De Lima had a 30-second lead in the race with four miles to go.

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	<div class="day-article article day-category  social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khanh-steps-down" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 1964, Khanh steps down">
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		<strong class="year">1964  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/khanh-steps-down">Khanh steps down</a></div>
		<p>Nguyen Khanh steps down as president of South Vietnam and Xuan Oanh, former professor at Trinity College in Connecticut, is named prime minister.  Khanh had been a major player in the instability that followed the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem in November 1963.  This period was marked by...</p>
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	<div class="day-article article   social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-nguyen-van-thieu-retains-control-of-national-assembly" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 1971, President Nguyen Van Thieu retains control of National Assembly">
		<strong class="year">1971  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/president-nguyen-van-thieu-retains-control-of-national-assembly">President Nguyen Van Thieu retains control of National Assembly</a></div>
		<p>President Nguyen Van Thieu retains control of the South Vietnamese National Assembly as candidates backing him sweep the opposition in the Mekong Delta, with a solid majority in the 159-member lower house.  Thieu will be re-elected in October amid charges of corruption that resulted in the withdrawal of his...</p>
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	<div class="day-article article  top-border social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-announces-another-troop-reduction" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 1972, Nixon announces another troop reduction">
		<strong class="year">1972  </strong>
		<div class="title"><a href="/this-day-in-history/nixon-announces-another-troop-reduction">Nixon announces another troop reduction</a></div>
		<p>President Nixon sets December 1 as the target date for reducing U.S. troops strength in Vietnam by 12,000, to 27,000, an all-time low since the American troop buildup began in 1965.
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	<div class="day-article article day-category  social-target clearfix" data-target="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/women-join-british-war-effort" data-title="On #ThisDayInHistory in 1914, Women join British war effort">
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		<strong class="year">1914  </strong>
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