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1191
Pope Clement III died.
1904
American psychologist B.F. Skinner was born.
1933
The first Nazi concentration camp was completed at Dachau.
1972
In Belfast, Northern Ireland, a time-bomb planted by the IRA exploded in a crowded street, killing six and injuring 146.
1995
Several people died during a nerve-gas attack on the subway system of Tokyo, Japan, during the morning rush hour. Officials would later learn that the attack was carried out by the Aum Shinrikyo cult.
2003
The United States House of Representatives voted 400-7 to condemn the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision not to reconsider its ruling that the addition of the phase "under God" to the The Pledge of Allegiance was unconstitutional. The seven who voted against the resolution were all Democrats.
2003
Around 2:30 GMT the United States begins its invasion of Iraq by launching a series of air strikes against Baghdad in the hopes of quickly killing leaders of the Iraqi government and ousting Saddam Hussein with his Baathist government once and for all.
2004
A lesbian minister in Bothell, Washington, is acquitted by a Methodist church jury of violating church rules.
2006
Nowruz: Zoroastrian New Year.
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