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Man convicted of killing Lyon sisters to start serving time for 1975 murders amid new probe of other crimes

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Man convicted of killing Lyon sisters to start serving time for 1975 murders amid new probe of other crimes

Today in History: December 11, King Edward VIII abdicates British throne

Today in History: December 10, Teddy Roosevelt first American to win Nobel Prize

Today in History: December 9, smallpox declared to be eradicated

Today in History: December 7, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

Today in History: December 6, 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery

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WTOP dedicates ‘Jim Farley Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center’ to man who transformed radio station

WTOP dedicates ‘Jim Farley Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center’ to man who transformed radio station

Today in History: December 5, Nelson Mandela dies at 95

Today in History: December 4, Terry Anderson freed after nearly seven years as hostage

Today in History: December 3, toxic gas leak kills thousands in Bhopal

Today in History: December 2, first permanent artificial heart implanted

Today in History: December 1, Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat

Today in History: November 30, WTO protesters and police clash in Seattle

Today in History: November 29, the Sand Creek Massacre

Today in History: November 28, the debut of the Grand Ole Opry

Today in History: November 27, Harvey Milk and George Moscone fatally shot

Today in History: November 26, Mumbai terror attacks of 2008 begin

Today in History: November 25, John F. Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington

Today in History: November 24, Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald

Today in History: November 23, Doug Flutie’s ‘Hail Mary’ beats Miami

Today in History: November 22, John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas

Today in History: November 21, Las Vegas hotel fire claims 85 lives

Woman buried as Jane Doe and exhumed for DNA can’t be reburied: Loudoun Co. board pushes to change law

Woman buried as Jane Doe and exhumed for DNA can’t be reburied: Loudoun Co. board pushes to change law

Today in History: November 20, the Mexican Revolution begins

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