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2013 Event - In Rome, Italy, the papal inauguration ceremony for Pope Francis is held in St. Peter's Square; hundreds of thousands attend

2012 Event - Egypt's state news organization states that their President, Mohammed Morsi is going to Iran at the end of August to attend the Non-Aligned Movement meeting

2012 Event - The U.S. State Department states the U.N. Secretary-General's decision to attend the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement summit is 'strange' and 'not a good signal'

2012 Event - As part of a build-up to the London 2012 Summer Olympics, 100,000 people attend a two-day music concert at Hackney Marshes

2012 Event - In Rio de Janeiro, a record 2.2 million people attend the Bola Preta street party during Rio's carnival

2012 Event - Iowa voters attend electoral caucuses; Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum lead Republican contenders as nominees for President of the United States

2011 Event - The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show is recorded in Chicago, Illinois; many celebrities attend the star-studded event

2010 Event - A crowd of 500,000 people attend a 'Restoring Honor' rally hosted by Glenn Beck at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

2010 Event - 60 countries are invited to participate in Iran's two-day nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran April 17 - 18; China says it will attend

2009 Event - The 5th Summit of the Americas takes place in Port of Spain, Trinidad, thirty-four heads of government attend

1997 Event - President Clinton's daughter Chelsea chooses to attend Stanford College

1995 Event - Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend)

1995 Event - Shannon Faulkner becomes 1st woman to attend the Citadel

1995 Death - Shlomo Averbach, Rabbi, buried in Jerusalem, 250,000 attend

1995 Event - 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo

1994 Event - 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral

1992 Death - Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66

1991 Event - Palestinians attend U.S. mideast peace talks in Madrid

1991 Event - 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park

1987 Event - "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands

1987 Event - Blizzard in New Jersey, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, New Jersey wins 7-5

1979 Event - Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, New York City

1978 Event - 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York

1978 Event - 600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in New York

1978 Event - 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario California

1974 Event - 200,000 attend rock concert California Jam I in Ontario California

1974 Event - 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"

1972 Event - 200,000 attend Mount Pocono rock festival in Pennsylvania

1972 Event - 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

1971 Event - 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisiana

1970 Event - 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield, Connecticut

1970 Event - 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, New York City

1970 Event - 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival

1969 Event - 300,000 attend Altamont California rock concert feature Rolling Stones

1969 Event - 1st Elvis convention, 2500 fans attend in Cincinnati

1969 Event - 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival

1969 Event - 120,000 attend Texas International Pop Festival

1969 Event - 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash

1969 Event - 110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival

1969 Event - 70,000 attend Seattle Pop Festival

1969 Event - 140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep and Janis Joplin

1969 Event - 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island

1969 Event - 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival

1969 Event - 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear

1968 Event - 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival

1968 Event - 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, California

1968 Event - Paul McCartney and Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert

1967 Event - 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival

1967 Event - 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California

1967 Event - 20,000 attend Human Be-In, SF

1966 Event - 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights

1965 Event - Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert

1964 Event - Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend

1960 Event - 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer

1954 Event - James E. Wilkins is 1st black to attend a U.S. cabinet meeting

1952 Event - Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever

1950 Event - 4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington D.C.

1924 Event - White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend

1920 Event - Red Sox-Indians game postponed in Boston to allow Indian players to attend Ray Chapman's funeral in Cleveland

1916 Event - Women are allowed to attend a boxing match

1915 Event - Woodrow Wilson becomes 1st President to attend a World Series game

1873 Event - 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University

1852 Event - Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school

1838 Event - Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions

1827 Event - 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna

1430 Event - Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services

1428 Event - King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons

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