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Bank of America acquires Boston, Massachusetts-based FleetBoston for $47 billion to become the second-largest bank in the United states with assets of $966 billion with 5,700 braches serving 35 million customers in 29 states. |
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. becomes Chairman of the Board of IBM |
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The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times reports that former starlett Selene Walters had claimed that SAG President Ronald Reagan raped her in her home during the 1950s. |
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He joins RJR Nabisco Co. |
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U.S. President Reagan fails to persuade Argentina President Galtieri to abort the landings on the Falkland Islands |
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The Iraqi Da'wah Party, which is pro-Irananian, declares responsibility for an attack on Deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, at Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad. |
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Iran becomes an Islamic Republic. |
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak form Apple Computer in the the Jobs' family garage. |
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U.S. Air Force Academy is founded. |
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Israel creates Ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim, or simply Mossad, by combining the Central Institute for Coordination and the Central Institute for Intelligence and Security. |
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The Soviet Union begins a land blockade of West Berlin. |
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Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for "Beer Hall Putsch." Gen Ludendorff was acquitted for leading the botched Nazi's "Beer Hall Putsch" in the German state of Bavaria |
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The Japanese establish the Imperial Japanese Army Air Division. |
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The Japanese establish their Naval Air Corps. |
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The University of Virginia officially opens. |
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Jefferson correctly begins to suspect that the Federalists are tampering with his mail. |
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News of the repeal of the Stamp Act results in celebrations in the colonies and a relaxation of the boycott of imported English trade goods. |
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