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The first inmates arrived at the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
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1909
Arapahoe became the first American ship to use the S.O.S. distress signal.
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1952
King Hussein of Jordan ascended the throne after his father had been declared mentally unfit.
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1954
More than seven years of fighting in Indochina formerly ended with the cessation of French control.
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1956
Abstract artist Jackson Pollock died in an automobile accident.
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1960
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1965
Following the arrest of a young black motorist, the predominately black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in riots that lasted six days and left 34 dead.
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2003
Charles Taylor, president of Liberia, formally relinquished his office to Moses Blah and left for Nigeria.
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