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Today in History highlights from 1923 to 2017
Recap of key events: 1923 Italy Greece tension for Bill Davis’s Athens trip. 1892 Corbett defeats Sullivan. 1901 Boxer Rebellion ends. 1936 Buddy Holly born. 1940 London air assault begins. 1963 Canton hosts Hall of Fame. 1972 Olympic ban for talking on the podium. 1990 Kimberley Bergalis reveals AIDS infection. 1996 Tupac Shakur shot. 2005 New Orleans post-storm evacuations. 2007 bin Laden video. 2008 Fannie Mae Freddie Mac conservatorship. 2017 Irma warning evacuations and Mexico quake. Corbin Gaynor age 76 and Toby Jones age 53.
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James J. Corbett
John L. Sullivan
New Orleans
Marquess of Queensberry
Beijing
China
Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley
Lubbock
Texas
Nazi Germany
Britain
London
Canton
Ohio
International Olympic Committee
Vince Matthews
Wayne Collett
U.S
Munich
Kimberly Bergalis
Fort Pierce
Florida
Bergalis
Tupac Shakur
Las Vegas
George W. Bush
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Osama bin Laden
Iraq
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
Georgia
Mexico