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FBI arrests suspected Unabomber.
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Clinton signs line-item veto bill.
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South Africa gets new constitution.
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Militant Taliban leaders seize Afghan capital of Kabul.
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I was born at Newton-Wellsley Hospital at 1:12 in the afternoon. I was over one week early.
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The US, UK, and France agree to freeze Nazis' gold loot.
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O.J. Simpson found liable in civil suit.
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Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule.
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Two convicted in first New York Trade Center bombing.
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President Clinton accused in White House sex scandal; denies allegations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
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Europeans agree on single currency, the euro.
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US cruise missiles hit suspected terrorist bases in Sudan and Afghanistan
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House of Representatives impeaches Clinton along party lines on two charges, perjury and obstruction of justice.
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US Senate acquits Clinton on impeachment trial and rejects censure move.
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War erupts in Kosovo after Yugoslavia's president clamps down on province massacring and deporting ethnic Albanians.
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Russian president Boris Yeltsin survives impeachment hearings, reshuffles his cabinet twice, and takes military action against Islamic separatists in Dagestan and Chechnya.
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John F. Kennedy Jr., wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren G. Bessette are lost at sea near Martha's Vineyard.
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Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez, 6, reunited with his father after federal raid of Miami relatives' home.
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US sailors on naval ship The Cole attacked in Yemen.
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Mad Cow disease hits Europe through bad meat.
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US Supreme Court rules in favor of Bush over Gore. Bush becomes president.
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Congo president Laurent Kabila assassinated by bodyguard.
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Bush signs new tax-cut law, the largest in 20 years.
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World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked by airplanes by Al Qaeda.
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Taliban is ousted by American army.
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Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan government sign a cease-fire agreement, ending 19 years of civil war.
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East Timor becomes a new nation.
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United States abandons 31-year-old Antiballistic Missile Treaty.
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Snipers prey upon DC suburbs, killing ten and wounding others. Police arrest two suspects later that month.
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Space shuttle "Colombia" explodes, killing all seven astronauts.
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United States and Britain launch war against Iraq.
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California governer Gray Davis ousted in recall vote; actor Arnold Schwarzenegger elected in his place.
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Saddam Hussein is captured by American troops.
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Armed rebels in Haiti force President Aristide to resign and flee the country.
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Senate Intelligence reports that intelligence on Iraq's weapons program was "overstated" and flawed.
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George W. Bush is reelected president, defeating John Kerry.
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Hamid Karzai inaugurated as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a hard-line conservative, wins Iran's presidential election with 62% of the vote.
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Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on Gulf Coast; more than 1,000 die and millions are left homeless.
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11 million Iraqis turn out to select the first permanent Parliament since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
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Press reveals Bush allowed the National Security Agency to spy on Americans suspected of terrorism without warrants.
