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Today's Highlight in History: In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to General George Washington's troops in New York. In 1816, Argentina declared independence from Spain. In 1896, William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic national convention in Chicago. In 1918, 101 people were killed in a train collision in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1944, during World War Two, American forces secured Saipan as the last Japanese defenses fell. In 1947, the engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant2 Philip Mountbatten was announced. In 1951, President Truman asked Congress to formally end the state of war between the United States and Germany. In 1974, former US Chief Justice Earl Warren died in Washington DC. In 1982, a Pan Am Boeing 727 crashed in Kenner, Louisiana, killing3 all 146 people aboard and eight people on the ground. Ten years ago: Leaders of the world's seven richest nations opened a three-day economic summit in Houston, the first such gathering4 in the post-Cold War era. Five years ago: French commandos boarded the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior5 Two in the South Pacific. Pete Sampras won the men's singles title at Wimbledon by defeating Boris Becker, 6-7 (7-5), 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. One year ago: A jury in Los Angeles ordered General Motors Corporation to pay $4.9 billion to six people severely6 burned when their Chevrolet Malibu exploded in flames in a rear-end collision. (A judge later reduced the punitive7 damages to $1.09 billion, while letting stand $107 million in compensatory damages; GM is continuing to appeal.)
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