Event:
The Islamic State captures the Iraqi town of Sinjar, home to the country's Yazidi religious minority population; residents fled in advance of the extremists, who have demanded that non-Muslim residents convert to Islam or face death
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1995 CNN en Espanol premieres
1967 45,000 U.S. soldiers sent to Vietnam
1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap
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1914 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal
