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| 1533 |
The last Incan king, Atahualpa, was murdered on orders from Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro. |
| 1632 |
English philosopher John Locke was born in Somerset. |
| 1877 |
Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church, died in Salt Lake City at age 76. |
| 1944 |
American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis. |
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| 1957 |
Sen. Strom Thurmond, D-S.C., ended the longest filibuster in Senate history after talking for 24 hours, 18 minutes against a civil rights bill. |
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| 1958 |
Pop singer Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Ind. |
| 1965 |
Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad, splashed down in the Atlantic after eight days in space. |
| 1966 |
The Beatles performed their last concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. |
| 1996 |
President Bill Clinton’s chief political strategist, Dick Morris, resigned amid a scandal over his relationship with a prostitute. |
| 2000 |
Pope John Paul II endorsed organ donation and adult stem cell study but condemned human cloning and embryo experiments. |
| 2008 |
Republican John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice-presidential running mate. |
| 2009 |
Funeral services were held in Boston for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was eulogized by President Barack Obama; hours later, Kennedy’s remains were buried at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington. |
| 2011 |
In a sign Moammar Gadhafi had lost grip on his country, his wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria. |
