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Federal authorities report that three babies became ill in California, Pennsylvania and Washington in April and May after consuming the formula.

There was no immediate information on whether anyone was hurt.

More than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat PS General Slocum in New York’s East River; it remained the deadliest individual event in the New York area until 9/11.

A plane carrying a pilot and 11 passengers on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed in a field and was engulfed in flames Sunday, killing all aboard, authorities said.

British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown embarked on the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

President Ronald Reagan, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, exhorted Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.”

Vance Boelter is set to change his plea in the killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman.

Meteorologists say an El Nino is likely to be a major factor in extreme and deadly weather across the planet for the next year or so.

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared war on France and Great Britain, formally entering Italy into World War II.

Southern Baptist delegates have gathered in Orlando, Florida, for their annual meeting and they’re expected to vote on a constitutional amendment to formally ban churches with women pastors.