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1994 Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect
1992 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect 1983 Last hand-cranked telephones U.S. went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial 1979 Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia" 1976 Superstation WTBS in Atlanta went national 1972 Republican convention (Miami Beach, Florida) renominates Vice President Agnew but not unanimous - 1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley 1972 Dane Cook, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dane Jeffrey Cook, comedian, stand up comic, released five comedy albums, 'Retaliation' went double platinum, the highest charting comedy album in 28 years, appeared in 15 films since 1997, including 'My Best Friend's Girl' 1968 Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala 1958 Pete Runnels wins Comeback Player of Year (avg went from .230 to .322) 1936 Charlie Daniels, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, singer, Devil Went Down to Georgia 1933 Lala Amarnath scores century on Test Cricket debut (went on to 118) 1916 A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco killing 10 1914 Hank Snow, Nova Scotia, Canada, country singer, I Went to Your Wedding 1913 John Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general who went to jail 1894 In New York City, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops 1881 Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination 1801 Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56 1792 France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason 1790 Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed and stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89 1745 Johann Nepomuk Went, composer 1326 Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies |
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