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1997 MTV drops video "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy 1997 Dow Jones drops 186.88 pts 1997 Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts 1997 Dow Jones drops 192.25 pts 1995 Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record) 1994 Howard Stern drops out of New York gubernatorial race 1994 Lebanon drops relations with Iran 1994 Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79 1992 George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball 1991 Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive) 1991 U.S. begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq 1989 East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution 1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book 1987 Dow Jones Index drops 508.32 points (22%) (record) 1987 Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss) 1986 Great Britain drops diplomatic relations with Syria 1985 Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Libya 1985 En route to Halley's Comet, U.S.S.R.'s Vega 2 drops lander on Venus 1982 FCC drops limits on duration and frequency of TV ads 1981 Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba 1978 Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus 1978 Albania drops diplomatic relations with China PR 1977 Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam 1977 Libya drops diplomatic relations with Egypt 1977 Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia 1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan 1971 Syriam President Assad drops diplomatic relations with Jordan 1969 After 88 weeks Sgt Pepper drops off the charts 1968 Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" and strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters 1967 U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with Israel 1965 Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the U.S. 1964 [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, actor and director (3 Drops of Water), dies at 81 1964 Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France 1963 Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain 1962 U.S. stock market drops $20.8 billion in 1 day 1960 Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium 1960 Indonesia drops diplomatic relations with Netherlands 1958 Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt 1953 Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group 1953 American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches 1946 U.S. drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion) 1945 US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki 1945 U.S. drops fire bombs on Tokyo 1944 U.S. B-17's drops pamphlets on Walcheren 1944 RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin 1942 Vichy-France drops diplomatic relations with US 1942 RAF drops 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf 1941 Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely - would have been last out, instead Yanks score 4 and win 7-4 1940 RAF drops 1st anti-nazi pamphlets on Netherlands 1939 Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union 1939 U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with Finland 1932 NHL readmits Ottawa and drops Pittsburgh 1930 NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty 1929 U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with China 1919 1st class postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents 1915 Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea 1915 Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb and Germany 1914 German plane drops bombs on Dover England 1907 For 1st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal new year 1883 [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, Dutch actor, 3 Drops of Water, /theater director 1845 Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US 1810 Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50 degrees F (10 degrees C) 1214 Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France

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