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In 2000, Republican George W. Bush claimed the presidency a day after the U.S. Supreme Court shut down further recounts of disputed ballots in Florida; and聽more events that happened on this day in history.
1928: George Gershwin
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In 1928, George Gershwin鈥檚 鈥淎n American in Paris鈥� had its premiere at Carnegie Hall in New York.
1981: Poland
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In 1981, authorities in Poland imposed martial law in a crackdown on the Solidarity labor movement. (Martial law formally ended in 1983.)
2000: George W. Bush
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In 2000, Republican George W. Bush claimed the presidency a day after the U.S. Supreme Court shut down further recounts of disputed ballots in Florida; Democrat Al Gore conceded, delivering a call for national unity.
2001: Pentagon Osama bin Laden
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In 2001, The Pentagon publicly released a captured videotape of Osama bin Laden in which the al-Qaida leader said the deaths and destruction achieved by the September 11 attacks exceeded his "most optimistic" expectations.
2003: Saddam Hussein
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In 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, near his hometown of Tikrit.
2007: Mitchell Report
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In 2007, Major League Baseball鈥檚 Mitchell Report was released, identifying 85 names to differing degrees in connection with the alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs.
2011: Alexander Graham Bell
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Ten years ago: Early sound recordings by Alexander Graham Bell that were packed away at the Smithsonian Institution for more than a century were played publicly for the first time using new technology that read the sound with light and a 3D camera. (In one recording, a man recites part of Hamlet鈥檚 Soliloquy; on another, a voice recites the numbers 1 through 6.)
2014: Protests
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In 2014, thousands of protesters marched in New York, Washington and other U.S. cities to call attention to the killing of unarmed Black men by white police officers who faced no criminal charges.
2019: The House Judiciary Committee
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In 2019, the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment accusing President Donald Trump of abuse of power in his dealings with Ukraine and obstruction of Congress in the investigation that followed.
2020: Pfizer
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One year ago: The first vials of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 began making their way to distribution sites across the United States.
2022: Biden Gay Marriage
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In 2022, President Joe Biden signed gay marriage legislation, saying 鈥渢he law and the love it defends strike a blow against hate in all its forms.鈥�
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