Decleration of war
1941
1972
Plane crash
1980
John lenon
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
1987
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Decleration of war
1941
The United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and more events that happened on this day in history.
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plane crash
1972
In 1972, a United Airlines Boeing 737 crashed while attempting to land at Chicago-Midway Airport, killing 43 of the 61 people on board, as well as two people on the ground.
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John Lennon
1980
In 1980, rock star and former Beatle John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building by Mark David Chapman.
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Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
1987
President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed a treaty at the White House calling for destruction of intermediate-range nuclear missiles.
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Kimberly Bergalis
1991
In 1991, AIDS patient Kimberly Bergalis, who had contracted the disease from her dentist, died in Fort Pierce, Fla., at age 23
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U.S. Capitol
2001
In 2001, the U.S. Capitol was reopened to tourists after a two-month security shutdown.
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Guantanamo War Crimes Tribunal
2008
In 2008, in a startling about-face, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal he would confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks; four other men also abandoned their defenses.
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Josh Brent
2012
In 2012, police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter after he flipped his car in a pre-dawn accident that killed teammate Jerry Brown.
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Afghanistan
2014
In 2014, the U.S. and NATO ceremonially ended their combat mission in Afghanistan, 13 years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks sparked their invasion of the country to topple the Taliban-led government.
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John Glenn
2016
John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died in Columbus, Ohio, at age 95.