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| 1819 | Simón Bolívar proclaims the Republic of Colombia.
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| 1934 | President Roosevelt (D) made it illegal for private citizens to own gold certificates. Yes, here in the "Land of the Free"!
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| 1950 | Brink's Express Co. is robbed of 3 million dollars. The FBI spends $129 million trying to apprehend the perpetrators with little success.
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| 1961 | President Eisenhower (R) delivers Farewell Address warning the nation of the "Military-Industrial Complex".
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| 1991 | Gulf War, "Operation Desert Storm", starts. U.S. and allied missiles and planes bomb targets in Iraq and Kuwait. President Bush (R) has the highest approval rating from the public since that enjoyed by Franklin Roosevelt in December 1941.
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| 1997 | A court in Ireland granted the first divorce in the Roman Catholic country's history.
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