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1997 New York Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak

1990 Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die

1988 Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season

1987 "Bobro 400," a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, set sail from NY, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site

1982 Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season

1979 Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"

1968 Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam

1965 Kinks arrive in New York City beginning their 1st U.S. tour

1965 Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations

1962 John F. Kennedy imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis

1961 Beginning of a trend, a U.S. commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba

1957 Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files)

1948 Priscilla Lopez, born in Bronx, New York, actress, In the Beginning, Kay O'Brien

1944 Beginning of harsh winter

1937 Britains Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement

1931 Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe

1912 Alois Blommaert, Flemish literary, Difficult Beginning

1912 Beginning of 1st Balkan War

1912 Montenegro declares war on Turkey, beginning 1st Balkan War

1892 Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite

1846 Beginning of Mormon march to west US

1817 U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War

1756 Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years War

1743 Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War

1622 Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)

1618 2nd Defenestration of Prague; beginning of 30 Years War

1579 Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic

1380 Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning decline of Tatars


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