2006: American filmmaker Robert Altman—an unconventional and independent director whose works emphasized character and atmosphere over plot in exploring themes of innocence, corruption, and survival—died at age 81. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about movies.]
1998: American tobacco companies signed an agreement with the governments of 46 U.S. states to settle the states' claims for reimbursement of Medicaid funds they had expended to treat smoking-related illnesses, the settlement costing the tobacco manufacturers $206 billion beyond the $40 billion they had agreed to pay four other states in 1997. [ Test your knowledge of human health.]
1969:Native American activists began an occupation of Alcatraz Island, protesting what they saw as the U.S. government's ongoing economic, social, and political neglect of Native Americans; they were forced off the island in June 1971. [Take our quiz about U.S. history.]
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