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1975 - Gerald Ford becomes first US president to visit German concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland.

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1978 - 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York.

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1985 - 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched.

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1987 - Ben and Jerry's ice cream parlour and Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor: Cherry Garcia.

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1988 - FDIC bails out First Republic Bank, in Dallas, Texas with $4 billion.

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1988 - Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit.

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1988 - Last US Playboy Club (Lansing, Michigan) closes.

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1996 - The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court.

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1999 - The Rock 'N' Roller Coaster attraction opens in the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World in Florida.

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2008 - Wall Street investment bank and brokerage company Merrill Lynch reports it will take a US$5.7 billion third-quarter writedown due to risky debt.

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