Othello’s London Premiere and Major Historical Milestones
On November 1 1604 Shakespeare’s Othello debuted at Whitehall Palace London. The Stamp Act took effect in 1765 provoking colonial resistance. The U S Weather Bureau began meteorological observations in 1870. Two Puerto Rican nationalists attacked Blair House in 1950. one was killed. The U S detonated its first hydrogen bomb in 1952 at Eniwetok. In 1973 Leon Jaworski became Watergate special prosecutor after the Saturday Night Massacre.
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Whitehall Palace
London
U.S. Weather Bureau
Blair House
Washington
Truman
United States
Eniwetok
Marshall Islands
Robert Bork
Leon Jaworski
Watergate
Archibald Cox
American Astronaut Leads First International Space Station Crew
Bill Shepherd and cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev blast off from Baikonur becoming the first residents of the international space station. The crew aims for a four month stay aboard the 60 billion dollar joint project of the United States Russia Canada Japan and 10 European nations.
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Baikonur
Kazakstan
Bill Shepherd
International Space Station
Sputnik
Joe Rothenberg
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Russia
Canada
Japan
European Space Agency
Shepherd
Yuri Gidzenko
Sergei Krikalev
Sahara
Gaza Clash at Karni Crossing Kills Four Palestinians
Four Palestinians aged 17 to 23 died from Israeli fire at the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip amid a daylong clash. The fighting, which continued into the night, comes as Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat urged renewed resistance by youths defending Jerusalem. In total, 147 people have died after 34 days of fighting, with 45 more injured across Gaza and the West Bank.
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Jerusalem
Yasser Arafat
Karni
Gaza Strip
Gaza
West Bank
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Space Station
Earth
Joerg Feustel-Buechl
Russian Mission Control
Korolyov
Moscow
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Central Asian Cosmodrome
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Great Outdoors Store
Center Pt
Cedar Rapids
Discover Department 56
Barbie
Discover Department
Kirlin
Lindale Mall
Westdale Mall
Elvis Presley
Graceland
Siile
C. North Pole
Sweet Rock Candy Co
Silver Bell
D. Dickens
Fezziwig
ShopKo
Tamaney Mageee
Oy Tay
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