1190 Third Crusade: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River (modern Turkey) leading an army to Jerusalem 1786 A landslide dam on the Dadu River caused by earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China 1898 US Marines land in Cuba during Spanish–American War 1916 Great Arab Revolt begins against ruling Ottoman turks 1963 US Equal Pay Act signed into law by President John F. Kennedy 1977 Apple Computer ships its first Apple II computers 2003 The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission | 
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