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Today in History

Sunday, 08 September 2024

2005

Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.

2004

NASA's unmanned spacecraft ''Genesis'' crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.

1994

A USAir Boeing 737 crashes in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania, near the city of Aliquippa.

1991

The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.

1975

Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of ''Time'' magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is later given a general discharge.

1974

Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.

1971

In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's ''Mass''.

1970

Hijacking (and subsequent destruction) of three airliners to Jordan by Palestinians; the events to follow would later become known as ''Black September''

1968

The Beatles perform their last live TV performance on the David Frost show. They perform their new hit "Hey Jude".

1967

The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.

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