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Today's Highlight in History: In 1793, French revolutionary writer Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday. In 1863, deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City. In 1878, the Treaty of Berlin amended4 the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano, which had ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. In 1967, race-related rioting that claimed 27 lives broke out in Newark, New Jersey5. In 1974, the Senate Watergate Committee proposed sweeping6 reforms in an effort to prevent another Watergate scandal. In 1977, a blackout lasting7 25 hours hit the New York City area. In 1978, Lee Iacocca was fired as president of Ford8 Motor Company by chairman Henry Ford the Second. In 1979, a 45-hour siege by Palestinian guerrillas began at the Egyptian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. In 1985, "Live Aid," an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, took place to raise money for Africa's starving people. Ten years ago: Soviet9 President Mikhail S. Gorbachev closed the Communist Party's 28th congress by saying he would welcome Western aid without political strings10. Five years ago: President Clinton denounced a base-closing list for the damage it would do to California and Texas, but then approved the package while promising11 to save jobs in those states. Just six days after the space shuttle "Atlantis" returned, the shuttle "Discovery" blasted off on a nine-day mission. About 2500 workers at Detroit's daily newspapers went on strike. One year ago: Angel Maturino Resendiz, suspected of being the "Railroad Killer," surrendered in El Paso, Texas. In Tehran, police fired tear gas to disperse12 ten-thousand demonstrators on the sixth day of protests against Iranian hard-liners. The American League won the All-Star game for the third straight time, defeating the National League 4-to-1 at Boston's Fenway Park.
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