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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1618 > Sir Walter Raleigh is executed. 1858 > The first store opens in the frontier town of Denver, Colorado. 1897 > [Paul] Joseph Goebbels, born in Rheydt, Germany. Nazi Reich Minister of Information and Propaganda. 1925 > Dominick Dunne, chronicler of high-profile crimes, is born. 1929 > Stock market crashes Black Tuesday. 1948 > Kate Jackson is born in Birmingham Ala. Actress (Rookies, Charlies Angels) 1948 > Killer smog hovering over Donora, Pennsylvania. In a five-day period, the smog killed about 20 people and made thousands more seriously ill. 1956 > Israel invades Egypt; Suez Crisis begins.1971 > U.S. troop strength reaches five-year low. 1971 > Guitarist Duane Allman dies in motorcycle accident. 1998 > John Glenn returns to space. 2012 > Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in New Jersey resulting in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage and forces the New York stock exchange to close.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:30:52 +0000

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