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1906 – An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 destroys much of San Francisco, California.
1906 – A Los Angeles Times story on the Azusa Street Revival launches Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
1923 – The original Yankee Stadium (pictured), which served as the home of the New York Yankees until 2008, opens.
1983 – A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
1988 – The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
1949 – The aircraft carrier USS United States (CVA-58) is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, the United States is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.

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Events

1880 - An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
1881 - Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
1906 - An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 destroys much of San Francisco, California.
1906 - The Los Angeles Times story on the Azusa Street Revival launches Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
1923 - Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens.
1942 - World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Tokyo occurs.
1943 - World War II: "Operation Peacock", Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over the Solomon Islands.
1958 - A U.S. federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.
1983 - A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
1988 - U.S. launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
2007 - The US Supreme Court upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision.