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  • 1923

    Harry Houdini escapes a straight jacket while 40ft above ground in NYC View Post →

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  • 1931

    Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury View Post →

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  • 1987

    Ronald Reagan challenges Gorbachev to “tear down this wall”

  • 1981

    Raiders of the Lost Ark directed by Spielberg, premieres

  • 1994

    Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman are murdered in LA

  • 1942

    Anne Frank gets a diary for her 13th birthday

  • 1849

    Lewis Haslett patents the gas mask in Louisville, Kentucky

  • 1964

    Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison

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