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2004 76th Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Billy Crystal hosts, Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King sweeps all eleven nominations, including Best Picture, Sean Penn and Charlize Theron win lead acting awards 1998 70th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, Titanic wins eleven Oscars, including Best Picture, Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt win lead acting awards 1992 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern California 1992 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in U.S. (7.4) rock California 1990 Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning 1985 Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's and 2 Renoir's 1984 Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45 1984 Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits 3 home runs including a grand slam 1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3 1973 Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love" 1972 John Lennon's political "Sometime in New York City" released including "Woman is the Nigger of the World" "Attica State" and "Luck of the Irish" 1971 Fed grand jury indicts Rev Philip Berrigan and 5 others, including a nun and 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger 1970 4, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, California (Police charge Angela Davis provided weapons) 1968 Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed 1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II 1965 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Capt 1960 Baltimore Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle 1951 Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan) 1950 Pittsburgh Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 HRs 1945 Most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ends 1942 Milt all star team (including Bob Feller) losts to AL all stars 5-0 1934 Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, and B Walters 1929 Dick Williams, baseball player, manager, including Seattle 1986-87 1927 International Economic Conference (52 countries including U.S.S.R.) opens 1921 Billy Gunn, cricket (score 392 runs for Eng including a century), dies 1919 US deports 250 alien radicals, including anarchist Emma Goldman 1916 Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the U.S. for $25 million 1864 Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery 1854 Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in Crimea 1815 Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium 1809 Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin) 1792 Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette 1691 New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth 1625 16 Rabbis (including Isiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem

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