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The act brings retaliatory tariff acts from foreign countries, U.S. foreign trade suffers a sharp decline, and the depression intensifies.
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Britain, U.S., Japan, France, and Italy sign naval disarmament treaty.
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Unemployment soars, prompting President Hoover to appoint a Commission for Unemployment Relief.
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miltan tailican leaders seize afghan capital of kabul
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i was born on st.patrick day.
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F.B.I arrest suspected un bomber
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south africa gets new coonsitution
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War erupts in Kosovo after Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic clamps down on the province, massacring and deporting ethnic Albanians. NATO begins Operation Allied Force on March 24, 1999, launching air strikes against Belgrade for 78 consecutive days until Milosevic relents.
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Cuban boy Elián González, 6, at center of international dispute, reunited with his father after federal raid of Miami relatives' home (
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U.S. presidential election closest in decades; Bush's slim lead in Florida leads to automatic recount in that state (Nov. 7-8). Republicans file federal suit to block manual recount of Florida presidential election ballots sought by Democrats (Nov. 11). Florida Supreme Court rules election hand count may continue (Nov. 21). U.S. Supreme Court orders halt to manual recount of Florida votes (Dec. 9). Supreme Court seals Bush victory by 5-4; rules there can be no further recounting Read more: Info
