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2006 Al-Askari Mosque is bombed, setting off protests and violence across Iraq

1982 Los Angeles Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record

1980 Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting NBA record (double OT)

1967 Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7

1962 Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104

1962 South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes

1960 Francis Chichester arrive in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing

1950 Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), New York 6, Cleveland 0

1927 Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th home run, off Tom Zachary

1921 Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system

1861 Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army

1846 Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49 degrees N


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