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On this day in 1934, Washington Senator's backup catcher Morris "Moe" Berg's streak of 117 games in a row without committing an error comes to an end, setting an American League record. Berg wasn't your typical athlete: before signing with the Brooklyn Robins (they wouldn't become the Dodgers until 1932), he graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. magna cum laude in modern languages. Ted Lyons, Berg's teammate with the White Sox, would say that "he can speak seven languages but can't hit in any of them." Berg didn't have a great bat, but when every one of manager Ray...

EmergencyNet NEWS Service (ENN) Emergency Response & Research Institute FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 22:15CST "Terrorist Attack" in Toyko Chicago, IL, March 19, 1995 --Monday morning rush hour, in Tokyo, has disintegrated into chaos, according to Japanese news and government sources. Reports of toxic fumes in a subway station began at approximately 08:17 a.m. (Tokyo time) and have quickly escalated into a major mass casualty incident. According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, as many as five-hundred sixty-five (565) people have been hospitalized and five people are confirmed dead. The cause of this morning's disastrous incident continues to be one of mystery...