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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 1998 President Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" 1997 Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show 1997 FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash 1997 Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O. J. Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement 1994 Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal 1993 Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs 1992 Ross Perot says he'll run for President on Larry King Show 1991 President F. W. de Klerk, says he would repeal all apartheid laws 1990 Saddam says Israel will be Iraq's 1st target 1990 Iraq says it is preparing for a "dangerous war" 1990 Saddam says he will destroy Israel 1990 Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories 1990 Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional 1990 South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress 1990 Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf 1989 Jane Pauley says goodbye to NBC's "Today" show 1988 LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991 1988 Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers 1988 Iran says Iraq uses poison gas in the war 1988 Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran 1986 Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North 1984 Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS 1983 Att Gen Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1981 Natalie Portman, actress, Professional, Everyone Says I Love You 1981 Lenny Randle tries to blow a slow roller foul but ump says no 1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story 1978 Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female 1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license 1976 President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" 1973 VP Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from government contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign (Right!) 1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show 1972 Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake 1970 Dutch bishops says he is in favor of married priest 1969 Nixon says 25,000 U.S. troops would leave Vietnam by end of August 1969 Paul McCartney says their is no truth to rumors he is dead 1967 Arthur Allyn says White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968 1967 Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Quebec libre! Long live free Quebec!' 1966 Beatle John Lennon says Beatles are more popular than Jesus 1966 John Lennon, says "We (the Beatles) are more popular than Jesus" 1966 Lyndon Baines Johnson says U.S. should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends 1965 South Africa government says children of white fathers are white 1965 Milwaukee manager Bobby Bragan says his pitchers threw 75 to 80 spitballs in a 9-2 loss to the Giants 1964 Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner 1963 Historian Lee Allen says Indians-Senators game is 100,000th in history 1963 John F. Kennedy says segregation is morally wrong and that it is "time to act" 1962 Cuban missile crisis ends, John F. Kennedy says U.S.S.R. is dismantling missile bases 1961 U.S.S.R. says it will resume nuclear testing 1961 NATO Secretary-General Paul-Henri Spaak says he'll resign 1959 Clark Griffith of Senators says team will not move the franchise 1958 Calvin Griffith says Senators will prob accept offer to move to Minn 1958 Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French 1958 William Faulkner says U.S. school degenerated to become babysitters 1957 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast 1957 Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958 1956 Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands 1955 Baseball Commish Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter 1953 Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St. Louis Browns for $2,475M 1944 Navy says black women can join WAVES 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt says he would run for a 4th term 1943 Stalin says: "The issue of German fascism is lost" 1941 Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" and would "never rise again" 1941 Former Dutch PM Colijn says Netherlands Indies not ready for independence 1940 British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" 1940 Winston Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas and oceans" 1940 Churchill says "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" 1940 Goering says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest 1939 Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-min mile beyond human effort 1938 U.K. Foreign Secretary Eden resigns, says PM Chamberlain appeased Germany 1937 Minister Romme says unemployment is 25% "quarter of Romme" 1934 Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier" 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugrated as 32nd president, pledges to pull U.S. out of Depression and says "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." 1931 Lord Cecil of British Government says War was never so improbable 1931 John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on 1926 Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies 1923 Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere 1922 Geological survey says U.S. oil supply would be depleted in 20 years 1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate [3/3 OS] 1916 Lenin says Imperialism is caused by capitalism 1914 Lord Kitchner says "Your country needs you," poster spreads over UK 1913 President Wilson says U.S. will never attack another country 1895 King Edward VII says "We are all Socialists nowadays" 1892 U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp 1862 President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1 1861 Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia and says Union troops will not enter that state 1858 Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand" 1849 Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time" 1749 Earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds" 1350 Orvieto city says it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples

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