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1620
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The Mayflower reached Provincetown, MA. The ship discharged the Pilgrims at Plymouth, MA, on December 26, 1620.
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1694
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French author and philosopher, Jean Francois Voltaire, was born. At age 65, he spent only three days writing Candide.
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1877
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Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph.
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1922
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Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve as a member of the U.S. Senate.
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1963
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President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, arrived in San Antonio, TX. They were beginning an ill-fated, two-day tour of Texas that would end in Dallas.
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1973
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President Richard M. Nixon's attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, announced the presence of an 18½-minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to the Watergate case.
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1980
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An estimated 83 million viewers tuned in to find out "Who shot J.R.?" on the CBS prime-time soap opera "Dallas." Kristin was the character who fired the gun.
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1992
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Senator Bob Packwood issued an apology but refused to discuss allegations that he had made unwelcome sexual advances toward 10 women in past years.
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1995
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France detonated its fourth underground nuclear blast at a test site in the South Pacific.
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1999
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China announced that it had test-launched an unmanned space capsule that was designed for manned spaceflight.
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2000
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The Florida Supreme Court granted Al Gore's request to keep the presidential recounts going.
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2001
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Microsoft Corp. proposed giving $1 billion in computers, software, training and cash to more than 12,500 of the poorest schools in the U.S. The offer was intended as part of a deal to settle most of the company's private antitrust lawsuits.
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2002
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NATO invited Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
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