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Today in history highlights from 1923 to 2017
A compact recap of notable events: 1923 Jack Blue unveils an iceless ice cream cabinet in East 8th Street shop, 1794 Robespierre’s overthrow, 1866 underwater telegraph cable, 1953 Panmunjom armistice, 1960 Nixon GOP nomination, 1967 Kerner Commission, 1974 Nixon impeachment articles, 1976 Legionnaire’s Disease death, 1980 Shah dies, 1996 Centennial Park bombing, 2013 clashes in Egypt over Morsi, 2017 Sam Shepard dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Blue
East 8Th Steet
Arctic Ice Cream Co
Maximilien Robespierre
George B. McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Cyrus W. Field
North America
Europe
Panmunjom
Richard M. Nixon
Chicago
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kerner Commission
H. Rap Brown
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Richard Nixon
Air Force
Ray Brennan
American Legion
Philadelphia
Iran
Cairo
Egypt
Centennial Olympic Park
Eric Rudolph
Richard Jewell
Mohammed Morsi
Sam Shepard
American West
Kentucky