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F.B.I. arrests suspected unabomber.
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President blocks ban on late-term abortions.
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Israel elects Benjamin Netanyanu as Prime Minister.
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Militan Taliban leaders seize Afghan capital of Kabul.
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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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Brigham & Womens Hospital
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Two convicted in first New York Trade Center bombing.
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President Clinton accused in Sex scandal denies allegations of affair with Monica Lewinsky.
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Europeans agree on single currency, the euro.
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Unabomber sentenced to four life terms.
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U.S. cruise missles hit suspected terrorist bases in Sudan and Afghanistan.
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Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming student, was fatally beaten in hate crime; two arrested.
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US Senate opens impeachment trial of President Clinton. Senate acquits Clinton and rejects censure move
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John William King, 24, a white supremacist, is convicted of murder and sentenced to death in case involving the dragging death of a black man, James Byrd, Jr.
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Nelson Mandela, first black president of South America, steps down.
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7.4 earthquake kills more than 15,600 people and leaves 600,000 homeless in Turkey.
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U.S. sailors on Naval ship, The Cole, attacked in Yemen.
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U.S. Supreme court rules in favor of Bush over Gore. Bush becomes President.
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Mad Cow Disease hits Europe. It was spred by eating meat. Brain would swell up.
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World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked by airplanes by al-Qeada.
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Taliban regime in Afghanistan collapses after two months of bombing by American warplanes and fighting by Northern Alliance ground troops.
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Bush's first State of Union address vows to expand the fight on terrorism.
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U.S. and Afghan troops launch Operation Anaconda against remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan
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Terrorist bomb in Bali kills hundreds.
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Republicans retake the Senate in midterm elections, gain additional House seats.
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Armed rebels in Haiti force President Aristide to resign and flee the country
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Gay marriages begin in Massachusetts, the first state in the country to legalize such unions.
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September 11 commision harshly criticizes government handling of terrorist attacks.
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About 380 tons of explosives reported missing in Iraq.
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Barack Obama was elected as the first black president in the U.S.
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BP Oil Spill in the Golf of Mexico.
