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The 1980s were wild...

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On June 17, 1994, during Game 5 of the NBA Finals (New York Knicks vs. Houston Rockets at Madison Square Garden), one of the most surreal TV interruptions in sports history happened.

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And, since the Watergate break-in, every scandal of any type has been tagged with the suffix ’gate’ to describe a conspiracy of wrongdoing.

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54 years ago today, two unknown DC workers in their 20s set into motion the unraveling of the most explosive political scandal in US history—and it led to the humiliating resignation of the sitting US president...

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After Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein painstakingly uncovered the extent of corruption, wiretapping, enemies lists, and slush funds—thanks to these two unknown laborers—several of the president’s powerful political conspirators went to prison.

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396 years ago today, the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan lost his wife during childbirth and called for builders to begin work on the Taj Mahal, the world’s most admired mausoleum.

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The chase lasted about 90 minutes, ended with Simpson’s surrender at his Brentwood home, and became one of the most-watched events in U.S. TV history, overshadowing the Finals that night. It kicked off the “Trial of the Century.”

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On June 17, 1994, during Game 5 of the NBA Finals (New York Knicks vs. Houston Rockets at Madison Square Garden), one of the most surreal TV interruptions in sports history happened.

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Simpson, wanted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, was in the back seat holding a gun to his head.