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1992 - US Federal Communications Commission rules companies can own 30 AM and 30 FM stations (formerly 12).

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1993 - The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Québec; it is reported to have killed 184.

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1995 - 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win.

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1995 - David Daliberti and William Barloon, two Americans working for a military contractor in Kuwait, are arrested after straying into Iraq.

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2008 - The US dollar drops below 100 Japanese yen for the first time in 12 years, and gold rises to US$1000 per ounce.

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2008 - New redesigned Series 2006 $5 Federal Reserve notes begin circulating. The new notes feature purple ink and two watermarks.

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