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- 1999: John F. Kennedy, Jr. - Publisher
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Top Box Office Movies
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- 2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Daniel Radcliffe
- 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest - Johnny Depp
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The 2000s
- 2004: Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison for her role in insider trading.
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The 1990s
- 1999: John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, and her sister died when his plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
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The 1970s
- 1979: Saddam Hussein becomes the President of Iraq.
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The 1960s
- 1969: Apollo Program: Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on the first manned mission to the moon.
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The 1950s
- 1951: J.D. Salinger's novel "The Catcher in the Rye" was published.
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The 1940s
- 1945: The United States conducted their first Atomic Bomb test near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
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July 16 Moment of Zen
- 2008: The Situation Room is nominated for an Emmy for their Benazir Bhutto assassination coverage
- 2003: A Lamisil nail infection commercial.
- 2002: Loggers cut down a giant tree with a chainsaw and haul the detritus away on a flatbed truck.
- 2001: Peter Jennings explains that the Backstreet Boys are an example to their young audience
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