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1848 - The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett. 1911 - "Crisco" was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company. 1939 - "The Wizard of Oz" premiered in Hollywood, CA. Judy Garland became famous for the movie's song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." 1961 - East German workers began construction of the Berlin Wall. 1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Fair began in Bethel, NY. The three-day concert featured 24 bands and drew over 400,000 people. 1971 - U.S. President Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, rents and prices. 1974 - President Park Chung-hee, of South Korea, escaped an assassination attempt. His wife was killed in the attempt. 1994 - Ilich Ramirez Sanchez was jailed in France. He was the international terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal."
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