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An explosion at an Arkansas missle plant kills 53.
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Blaine "Sonny" Clayton was born August 25, 1965 in Fort Madison, Iowa.
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Sniper Charles Whitman kills 13 people and wounds 31 atop the University of Texas at Austin Main Building tower, after earlier killing his wife and mother.
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The first SuperBowl happens where the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
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The nuclear weapon "Boxcar" is tested at the Nevada Test Site in the biggest detonation of Operation Crosstie.
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A blow-out on Union Oil's Platform spills 80,000 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil into a channel and onto the beaches of Santa Barbara County in Southern.
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American President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, banning cigarette television advertisements in the United States with effect from January 1, 1971.
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Charles Manson is sentenced to death.
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31 December – The Pittsburgh Pirates' legendary right fielder Roberto Clemente dies in a plane crash near Puerto Rico on his way to bring relief supplies to Nicaraguan earthquake victims.
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Super Bowl VII: The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins 14–7 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, to complete the NFL's first Perfect Season.
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The Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang is discovered at Xi'an, China.
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Bill Gates founds Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
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Formula One driver Tom Pryce dies after colliding with a track marshal at the South African Grand Prix in Kyalami.
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U.S. President Jimmy Carter decides to postpone production of the neutron bomb, a weapon which kills people with radiation but leaves buildings relatively intact.
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The team of Bernard Darniche / Alain Mahe win the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Stratos HF.
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The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union in the semifinals of the Winter Olympics, in the Miracle on Ice.
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside of a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. ress Secretary James Brady are also wounded.
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Rally racing - Walter Röhrl in an Opel won the World Rally Championship
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Blaine Calyton graduates from Fort Madison High School
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Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a missile attack warning as a false alarm.
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In San Ysidro, California, 41-year-old James Oliver Huberty sprays a McDonald's restaurant with gunfire, killing 21 people before being shot and killed.
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Italian driver Attilio Bettega at the 1985 Tour de Corse in a Lancia 037 lost control and slammed into a tree killing him instantly.
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After 37 years, the United States Senate approves a treaty outlawing genocide.
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Los Angeles Lakers won 4 games to 2 over the Boston Celtics, this is the last time Larry Bird and Magic Johnson will play each other in the NBA Finals.
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The Soviet Union begins its program of economic restructuring (perestroika) with legislation initiated by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Drug baron José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha is killed by Colombian police.
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The team of Didier Auriol/Bernard Occelli won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Delta HF Integrale. This is one of the Delta's 46 wins.
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Operation Phase Echo: 540,000 American troops begin to leave the Persian Gulf.
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My father Blaine Clayton married my mother Jill Kimmel.
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Alex Clayton is born in Burlington, Iowa
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Three time Formula One world champion, Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy. Austrian rookie driver Roland Ratzenberger was also killed in the qualifying the day before.
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Mississippi ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The amendment was nationally ratified in 1865.
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The Nintendo 64 video game system is released in Japan.
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Cameron Clayton was born in Burington, Iowa. He is the 2nd of 4 children.
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Cal Ripken Jr. ends his consecutive game streak at 2,632 in Baltimore against the New York Yankees. It was the first time he wasn't in the lineup since 1982.
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Bill Gates personal fortune exceeds $100 Billion dollars, due to the fact that Microsoft stock had increased.
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The St. Louis Rams and Kurt Warner beat the Tennessee Titans 23-17.
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Almost 3000 are killed in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Ethan Clayton was born at St. Lukes Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he is the 3rd of 4 children.
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New York Yankee Roger Clemens becomes the 21st pitcher in history to win 300 games and only the 3rd pitcher to record 4,000 career strikeouts
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The Boston Red Sox sweep the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series in 86 years.
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YouTube, the most popular video sharing website, is founded.
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Spencer Clayton is born at St. Lukes Hospital in Cedar rapids, Iowa. He is the 4th child to Blaine and Jill Clayton.
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Track and field star, Marion Jones surrenders her 5 Olympic medals she won in the 2000 Sydney Games, after admitting to doping.
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After three decades as the Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates steps down from daily duties.
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The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza strain, commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a global pandemic, becoming the first condition since the Hong Kong flu of 1967–1968 to receive this designation.
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Blaine competes in his first bodybuilding competition in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He takes 3rd and 4th in two classes.
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UConn's record winning streak ends at 90 when the Huskies lose to Stanford 71-59.
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Sebastian Leon wins his record 8th consecuative WRC title.