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2007
Russian politician Boris Yeltsin—who became in 1991 the first popularly elected leader in his country's history and guided Russia through a stormy decade of political and economic retrenching until his resignation on the eve of 2000—died in Moscow.
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2005
The first video—which was of YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim's visit to the San Diego Zoo—was uploaded on the YouTube Web site; approximately one year later the site had some 100 million videos.
1998
James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr., died in prison in Nashville, Tennessee.
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1985
The Coca-Cola Company introduced New Coke, a reformulated soft drink meant to replace its flagship beverage; due to public outrage, however, the previous version of Coke was brought back as “Coca-Cola Classic” less than three months later.
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1984
1976
The American band the Ramones, which was hugely influential in the rise of punk rock on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, released its eponymous debut album.
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1936
American singer-songwriter Roy Orbison, known for his soaring voice and for his carefully crafted ballads of loneliness and heartache, was born in Vernon, Texas.
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1914
Wrigley Field (then known as Weeghman Park) hosted its first major-league baseball game; the stadium later became the home of the Chicago Cubs.
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1906
Russian Tsar Nicholas II promulgated the Fundamental Laws, which marked the end of unlimited autocracy but fell short of the reforms promised in the October Manifesto.
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1858
German physicist Max Planck, who originated quantum theory, was born in Kiel.
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1791
James Buchanan, the 15th U.S. president, was born near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.
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1635
The Boston Grammar School (later the Boston Latin School), open to all boys regardless of social class, was founded as the first public school in what would become the United States; it set a precedent for tax-supported public education.
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1016
Upon the death of King Ethelred II of England, his son claimed the throne as Edmund II.
