1685 King Louis XIV of France revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had established the legal toleration the Protestant Huguenots. 1867 The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia. Immediately following, Sarah Palins ancestors built a home situated to watch Russia from their front porch. 1892 The first long distance telephone line between Chicago and New York was opened. 1922 The British Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (later the British Broadcasting Corp. of BBC) was founded. 1968 The U.S. Olympic Committee suspended two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, for giving a black power salute as a protest during a victory ceremony in Mexico City. 1972 Congress passed the Clean Water Act, overriding President Richard M. Nixons veto. 1977 Reggie Jackson of the New York Yankees hit three home runs to lead New York to an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the deciding Game 6 of the World Series. 1982 Former first lady Bess Truman died in Independence, Mo., at age 97. 2001 Four defendants were convicted in New York for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. 2007 Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan, ending eight years of self-imposed exile.
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