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2000 Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation 1992 Ted Weiss, despite dying on 14th, wins congressional New York City seat 1992 Despite trailing 7-1, New York Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers and then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game 1991 Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton 45-38 in overtime 1990 Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0 1989 Despite retiring May 29, Mike Schmidt elected to start All Star game 1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers 1986 Despite losing, Red Sox Wade Boggs gets largest arbitration ($1.35M) 1985 US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise 1984 Despite Mike Bossy 4 goals Islanders lose 5-6 to Canadians making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-77-3-4 1983 Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales 1980 Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP 1980 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott 1978 Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1 1976 Sonny and Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce 1974 Despite Billy Harris' hat trick Islanders lose 3-4 1969 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hr flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft 1969 LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94 1967 Orioles' Stu Miller and Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers 1964 Despite 3 home runs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves 1964 Yankee Phil Linz plays harmonica on bus despite Yogi Berra's orders 1953 Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak and also ending St. Louis Brown 14 game losing streak 1950 Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army 1949 Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place 1942 Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yanks Joe Gordon wins AL MVP 1938 Despite losing a double header, Yanks clinch pennant #10 1922 Landis insists Game 4 of World Series be played despite heavy rain 1877 Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared president despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory 1868 Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War) 1867 Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite President Johnson's veto

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