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1960 - The USS Enterprise aircraft carrier is launched at Newport News, Virginia. This is the world's first nuclear-powered carrier, also the most powerful warship ever built, at 300,000 horsepower, the longest at 1101.5 feet, and costliest at US$445 million. The ship was designed to accomodate 100 aircraft.

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1962 - US Circuit Court of Appeals orders James Meredith admitted to University of Mississippi.

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1963 - US Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and USSR limiting nuclear testing.

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1972 - Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22.

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1976 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery.

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1979 - Compu-Serve launches the first customer Internet service, including the first public e-mail service.

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1982 - US, Italian, and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon.

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1988 - Barbara C Harris of Massachusetts elected first woman Episcopal bishop.

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1990 - South African President F.W. de Klerk meets President George Bush in Washington, DC.

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1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.

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