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1998
President Bill Clinton says he would never resign, 'I would never walk away from the of this country and the trust they've placed in me', during a press conference
1997
Drug kingpin Ramon Arellano Felix placed on FBI's 10 most-wanted
1994
Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1991
Auburn men's basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and is not eligble for post-season play in 1991-92
1990
U.S. warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait
1990
Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
1985
Kosmos 1700 communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit
1985
U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody
1983
1st cruise missile placed, Greenham Common, England
1978
International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit
1967
Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time
1960
1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, New York City
1960
Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit
1957
1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation
1957
1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse New York)
1955
1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service
1940
1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Ilinois
1924
Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square
1906
Papua placed under Australian administration
1905
1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine
1868
Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves
1801
Washington D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction
1616
Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index
1536
King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church
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