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1991 - Culinary Union Local 226 at Hotel Last Frontier in Las Vegas votes 464 to 7 in favor of striking.

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1993 - In Oregon, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs.

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2007 - The Canadian dollar reaches parity with the American dollar for the first time since 1976.

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2008 - The US Treasury proposes to Congress a fund worth up to US$700 billion of taxpayer money to buy back much of the bad debt held by banks and other financial institutions.

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2008 - Jose Molina hits the last home run in the 85-year history of Yankee Stadium in New York, to give the New York Yankees a 7-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles. The stadium will be demolished, replaced by a new US$1.3 billion Yankee Stadium across the way from the exisiting facility.

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2010 - A helicopter crash kills nine American troops in Afghanistan, making 2010 the deadliest year of the war since 2001 for foreign troops.

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