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India files suit against Union Carbide for the Bhopal disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000. |
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U.S. Army Chief of Staff Frederick Weyand gives a report to the United States Congress that South Vietnam will soon fall. |
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Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's record by hitting his 715th home run. |
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U.S. President Nixon signs a bill to raise the minimum wage to $2.30 an hour. |
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U.S. President Truman uses a radio address to call for the seizure of all U.S. steel mills to prevent a national strike. |
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The Soviet Union forces open a key railroad to Leningrad during the Nazi siege on Stalingrad. |
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Kofi Annan is born in Kumasi, Ghana. |
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The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law and the WPA is formed. |
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Britain and France sign the Entente Cordiale. |
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The British begin their attack against Charleston as warships sail past the cannons of Fort Moultrie and enter Charleston harbor. Washington sends reinforcements |
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