Event:
U.S. NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and John Holdren, White House Science Advisor, announce that President Obama's administration approved extending the use of the International Space Station through 2024
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2006 Alaska's Augustine volcano erupts
1973 American League adopts designated hitter rule
1973 Trial of Watergate burglars begins in Washington D.C.
1949 Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
1693 Mount Etna erupts, Sicily