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1978 - Leo J Ryan (Republican-California) and four killed in Jonestown, Guyana.

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1985 - Space shuttle Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport, Washington, DC, is and turned over to the Smithsonian Institution.

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1985 - Comic strip Calvin and Hobbes debuts in 35 newspapers.

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1987 - U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the Iran-Contra affair.

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1988 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill providing the death penalty for drug traffickers.

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1991 - Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon set Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite free, after four years of captivity. American educator Thomas M. Sutherland is also released.

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1999 - In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 28 injured at Texas A&M University when the annual Aggie Bonfire collapses while under construction.

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2008 - Heads of automakers General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler appear before a Senate banking committee to ask for financial assistance.

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2010 - The US Mint releases the 2010 Abraham Lincoln Presidential dollar to circulation.

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