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2013 Event - A new study reports that all Europeans are related to a small group of ancestors dating back only 1,000 years; researchers believe it's likely that everyone in the world is related over the past few thousand years 2012 Event - A proposal for a statue to George Orwell is flatly turned down by the BBC, who said Orwell resigned from the organization, 'because for some time past I have been conscious that I was wasting my time and the public money on doing work that produces no results.' 2012 Event - The United States space agency NASA reveals it had its security compromised by hackers 13 times in the past year 2011 Event - The robotic Mars Science Laboratory, the largest rover ever sent to Mars, is launched by NASA; the goal is to find evidence of past or present life on Mars 2010 Event - Northern Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army is accused of abduction and forced recruitment of 697 people in the past year and a half 2010 Event - Fighting over the past three days in Darfur, Sudan's western region, has killed 41 people 1990 Event - Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list 1989 Event - Voyager 2 flies past Neptune 1982 Event - Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place 1979 Event - Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter 1978 Event - CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past 1978 Event - Thousands of mourners file past body of Pope Paul VI 1976 Death - Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 1975 Event - 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop 1971 Death - Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70 1969 Event - Mariner 7 flies past Mars 1969 Event - Mariner 6 flies past Mars 1967 Event - At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million 1922 Birthday - Adele Jergens, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Dark Past, Fuller Brush Man 1880 Birthday - Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117 1871 Birthday - Marcel Proust, France, novelist, Remembrance of Things Past 1861 Event - CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade 1852 Event - Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m) |
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