The Korea Times
1190-Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River in modern-day Turkey, leading an army to Jerusalem during the Third Crusade 1786-A landslide dam on the Dadu River, caused by an earthquake ten days earlier, collapses and kills 100,000 in Sichuan province, China 1898-U.S. Marines land in Cuba during the Spanish–American War 1916-Hashemite-led Arabs of the Hejaz rise up against the ruling Ottoman Empire in the Great Arab Revolt of World War I 1963-U.S. Equal Pay Act signed into law by President John F. Kennedy 1977-Apple Computer ships its first Apple II computers 2003-The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission
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