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ALL INFO from infoplease.com
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December 3, 1997
March 8 2011
March 7 2011 -
Britain alarmed by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease
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UN tribunal charges war crimes by Bosnian Muslims and Croats
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US, UK, and France agree to freeze Nazis' gold loot
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arrested June 17, 1994 as suspect in double murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman; acquitted on Oct. 3, 1995 by a Los Angeles jury in criminal trial but forced to make financial reparations after losing wrongful death suit.
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bomb exploded in basement garage of World Trade Center, killing 6 and injuring at least 1,040 others
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Matthew Shepard, gay Wyoming student, fatally beaten in hate crime; two arrested (Oct. 6 et seq.)
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Magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills more than 15,600 and leaves 600,000 homeless in Turkey (Aug. 17)
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The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug, with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddon
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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 (April 22)
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In final days of presidency, Bill Clinton issues controversial pardons, including one for Marc Rich, billionaire fugitive financier
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George W. Bush is sworn in as 43rd president
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4 planes ( Massachusetts - California) were hijacked by terrorists:
2 were driven into the World Trade Center
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India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in a decade rocked the state of Gujarat after a Muslim mob fire-bombed a train, killing Hindu activists. Hindus retaliated, and more than 1,000 died in the bloodshed (Feb. 27 et seq.).
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U.S. and Afghan troops launch Operation Anaconda against remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan (March 2).
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North Korea withdraws from treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons (Jan. 10).
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President Bush eliminates steel tariffs after WTO says U.S. violated trade laws (Dec. 4)
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U.S. troops launch offensive in Falluja in response to killing and mutilation on March 31 of four U.S. civilian contractors. (April 5–May 1).
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U.S.’s final report on Iraq’s weapons finds no WMDs (Sept. 16)
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U.S. troops launch attack on Falluja, stronghold of the Iraqi insurgency (Nov. 8)
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Worldwide aid pours in to help the eleven Asian countries devastated by the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami (Jan.)
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George W. Bush is officially sworn in for his second term as president (Jan. 20)
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The Syrian military, stationed in Lebanon for 29 years, withdraws (April 26)
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Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announces her retirement (July 1)
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India test-launches a missile with a range of 1,800 miles
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More than 200 people die and hundreds more are wounded when a series of bombs explode on commuter trains in Mumbai, India during the evening rush hour (July 11)
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Democrats gain control of both houses of Congress in the midterm elections (Nov. 7)
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John Bolton steps down as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations when it becomes clear that he does not have enough votes in the Senate to win confirmation (Dec. 4)
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The Senate confirms Mike McConnell as the director of National Intelligence (Feb. 6)
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The U.S. begins its "surge" of some 30,000 troops to Iraq to stem increasingly deadly attacks by insurgents and militias (Feb. 7)
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Karl Rove, highly influential and controversial advisor to President Bush, announces his resignation (Aug. 13)
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The presidential primary season begins with Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee
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Jan. 6: President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, is reelected, taking 52% of the vote. He had called for early elections in November 2007, after massive protests prompted by accusations that he abused power and stifled dissent.
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Three men wearing ski masks steal four pieces of artwork from the Zurich Museum in one of the largest art robberies in history. In broad daylight, the robbers took a Cezanne, a Degas, a van Gogh, and a Monet, with a combined worth of $163 million.
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California's Supreme Court rules, 4 to 3, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry
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Hundreds of thousands of people watched in front of the Capitol as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are sworn into office
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Ali Hassan al-Majid, cousin of and former aid to Saddam Hussein, is executed in Iraq for his role in the poison-gas attack of the village of Halabja, where 5,000 Kurds were killed. Nicknamed "Chemical Ali", al-Majid is part of the group of leaders responsible for the deaths of approximately 180,000 Kurds in the Iraq-Iran War.
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The $3.8 trillion budget proposal by President Obama runs into immediate trouble in Congress among lawmakers who say it tries to do too much while cutting the deficit too little. Republicans and liberal budget experts agree that the plan doesn't go far enough to reduce the deficit, despite $1.6 trillion savings over 10 years.
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