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2010 Event - Over 150 members of the Justice and Equality Movement are killed by Sudanese forces in their effort to gain control of a rebel held area in Darfur
2010 Event - A car bomb explodes in a courthouse located in Newry, Northern Ireland. The area's last incidence of a car bombing was in the year 2000 1996 Event - New toll-free 888 area code introduced 1995 Event - Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864 1995 Event - Bermuda begins using new area code 441 1995 Event - Eastern Tennessee begins using new area code 423 1995 Event - Southern California begins using new area code 562 1995 Event - Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540 1995 Event - Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941 1995 Event - North and Western Colorado begins using new area code 970 1995 Event - New Jersey officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295 1995 Event - Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520 1995 Event - Part of Houston begins using new area code 261 1995 Event - Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334 1995 Event - Western Washington begins using new area code 360 1992 Event - Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished 1990 Event - New York Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917 1989 Event - Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die 1989 Event - AT&T announces New Jersey's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201 1981 Event - Race riot in London area of Brixton 1981 Event - Race riots in London's Brixton area 1980 Event - Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch area, about 70 killed 1980 Event - River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter 1980 Event - 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls New York) are evacuated 1979 Event - Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone) 1978 Event - 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry 1974 Event - 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states 1972 Event - Golden Gate National Recreation Area created 1962 Event - John F. Kennedy authorizes Area Redevelopment Act 1962 Event - San Mateo County withdraws from BART district, San Francisco Bay area 1959 Event - 2-time champ Monterrey Mexico barred from 1959 Little League competition for using players outside predetermined geographical area 1957 Event - Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million 1950 Event - South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act" 1949 Event - Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China) 1945 Event - Koreas divided on 38th parallel with U.S. occupying the southern area 1943 Event - Dim-out ban lifted in San Francisco Bay area 1926 Event - 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS) 1924 Event - Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service 1897 Event - Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll) 1864 Event - Robert E. Lee's home area, Arlington, Virginia, becomes a military cemetery 1863 Event - 1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area) 1853 Event - Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million, area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico 1850 Event - California Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties 1842 Event - Indians land in Ohio, a 12 mile area in Upper Sandusky 1788 Event - Maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia 1787 Event - Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede 1784 Event - Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it 1755 Event - Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report 1715 Event - Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands 1682 Event - William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York 1632 Event - Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area 1524 Event - Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas 1516 Event - 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice |
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