They were the murders that rocked America -- Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman found slain in the middle of the night. Days later, football legend O.J.. Simpson went, very publicly, on the lam when charged with their killings. On June 17, 1994,"The Juice" led police on a slow speed chase, c...
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With a war raging in Vietnam and tensions rising in the Middle East, the 1972 Olympic Games promised hope and unity in a troubled time until a group called Black September captured and killed 11 Israeli athletes. It started as a hostage situation in the Olympic village and ended in a shoot-out be...
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On Jan. 28, 1986 seven astronauts died aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. Millions watched as the Challenger took off, carrying six NASA specialists and one school teacher -- a woman who had captured national attention with her devotion to her students and to science. Seventy-three seconds late...
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Diana, the Princess of Wales, had been divorced from Prince Charles for just a year. She was dating Dodi Al-Fayed, the son of Egyptian billionaire and owner of the British department store Harrods, Mohamed Al-Fayed, when a Paris weekend took a tragic turn. An automobile accident claimed their l...
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On July 29, 1981, an estimated 750 million people tuned in to see the heir to Britain's throne wed the 20-year-old former kindergarten teacher in St Paul's Cathedral. The fairy-tale courtship of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles sparked worldwide interest in the royal family. ABC News' Peter ...
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It was a day that no one who lived through it will ever forget. A young and vibrant president shot dead on the streets of a major American city --- the fourth presidential assassination in the country's history. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy was also the first time that U.S. t...
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It was a day that recorded the biggest percentage decline in the history of Wall Street: 22 percent. That was double the drop during the famed stock market crash of 1929, but there were many differences between the two events, as you will see from interviews with Charles Schwab, Robert Hormats, ...
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On November 9, 1989 after nearly three decades of separation, East and West Berliners breeched the wall that forced them apart. As East Germany's Communist leadership opened the gates, crowds clamored atop the wall, tearing chunks away from the iconic image of the iron curtain. Join Diane Sawyer ...
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No one knew the president had been shot. The pictures on the TV showed Press Secretary James Brady face down in a pool of blood and President Reagan being pushed into his car. ABC News takes you back to March 30, 1981, for up-to-the-minute revelations of the true horror and intent of another assa...
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It started with gunshots in the schoolyard just before lunchtime, and then the carnage moved inside. For more than four hours on that fateful day, Columbine High School near Littleton, Colorado was a killing ground. Two students murdered 13 people and wounded another 33 with gunfire and pipebom...
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The peace of an ordinary Wednesday morning was suddenly shattered by a massive explosion that destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah federal building, which had a childcare center on the second floor. It took most of the day to fully assess the damage. The final death toll was 168 with more than 500 in...
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It happened without hesitation or delay. The deadline for Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait passed, and the United States immediately began its attack. Travel back to January 17 1991, to the start of the Gulf War -- an event that shaped modern history. ABC News shows you the first moments when a norma...
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