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| The New Fighter Aircraft program selected the CF-18 Hornet (pictured) for the Canadian Forces Air Command when attempts to purchase Iran's fleet of F-14 Tomcats failed. |
| Several years after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published "The Village Blacksmith", a chestnut tree mentioned in the poem was made into a chair for the poet. |
| Fred Forman scored two goals in England's 13–2 win over Ireland in 1899—the highest-scoring match involving England in international football history. |
| The Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church, whose members still use horse-drawn carriages, was formed when another Mennonite church split after a 17-year dispute over the use of automobiles. |
| In 2003, Church of Scientology board member and Office of Special Affairs executive Kurt Weiland accompanied actor Tom Cruise in a private meeting with the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State. |
| The collapse of more than 7,000 schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, while nearby buildings stood, has led to allegations of corruption involving contractors and government officials. |
| Frank W. Preston invented the furnace which made Corelle glassware possible and worked to establish Moraine State Park in Pennsylvania. |
| The murder of Celia Douty was the first murder in Australia to be solved using DNA profiling, after remaining unsolved for 18 years. |
| 100 North Tampa (pictured), which rises 42 floors and 579 feet (176 m) in height, is the tallest building in Tampa. |
| Linda Finch is the first person to complete Amelia Earhart's unfinished final flight using the same aircraft type, a Lockheed L-10 Electra. |
| The medieval Battle of Sparrsätra is held to have deeply changed Swedish society. |
| Murphy Bell, a civil rights attorney in Baton Rouge, represented the since imprisoned black radical H. Rap Brown on gun violation charges in 1972. |
| Residents of Changureh, Iran threw stones at the car of a government minister in anger following the 2002 Iran earthquake. |
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