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Holidays and Observances
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
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The 2000s
- 2000: The Florida Supreme Court grants Al Gore's request to continue with a recount of the Election Results. However days later The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear George W. Bush's appeal of the Florida high court ruling allowing hand recounts to proceed.
The 1990s
- 1991: Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt is named the 6th Secretary-General of The United Nations.
The 1970s
- 1979: After Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini blamed the United States (falsely) for the occupation of Mecca, a mob of Pakistani's stormed and destroyed the American embassy in Islamabad, and killed 1 marine.
The 1800s
- 1877: Thomas Edison reveals his first great invention, the Phonograph.
