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The new Millennium
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The last natural Pyrenean Ibex is found dead by a falling tree
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Seton Hall University Fire
three dead and fifty-four injured from arson fire -
Super Bowl XXXIV
St. Louis Rams (23) vs. Tennessee Titans (16) -
Dr. Harold Shipman murders
sentenced to life in prison for murder of at least 15 of his patients -
Tarja Halonen is elected
Tarja Halonen is elected the first female president of Finnland -
Famous people die...
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Tom Landry, Charles M. Schulz, and Oliver die, of unrelated causes. -
Final original Peanuts comic
The last original Peanuts comic was published -
Desmond Tutu visists University of Toronto
Archbishop Desmond Tutu makes an address at the University of Toronto. -
Six year old commits a school shooting
Six-year-old Dedrick Owens shoots and kills Kayla Rolland, also six years old, at Theo J. Buell Elementary School in Mount Morris Township, Michigan. Rolland is currently the youngest victim of a school shooting. -
The PlayStation 2 is released in Japan
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Tokyo train disaster
collision of 2 Tokyo Metro trains kills 5 people -
Pope John Paul II begins the first official visit to Israel
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Seattle Kingdome is demolished by implosion
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Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia
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Jappanese Prime Minister Falls Into Coma
Japanese prime minister Obuchi Keizo suffers a stroke and falls into a coma. -
Mori Yoshiro Replaces Japan Prime Minister
Mori Yoshiro replaces Obuchi as prime minister of Japan. -
Return to Power in Venezuela
Hugo Chávez returns to power in Venezuela -
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin becomes Raja of Perlis. -
Vermont allows Gay Marriage
The State of Vermont passes HB847, legalizing Civil Unions for same-sex couples. -
An earthquake hits Banggai, Indonesia, leaving 54 dead
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Billionth living person in India is born
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Fireworks factory disaster in Enschende, Netherlands kills 23 people
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Millenium Force opens at Cedar Point ammusement park in Sandusky, Ohio as the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world
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Israel withdraws IDF forces from southern Lebanon after 22 years
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Bengkulu, Indonesia earthquake
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405 The Movie
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Kim Dae Jung visits North Korea
First North-South presidental summit -
Human Genome Project
preliminary draft of genomes are finishted -
Roskilde Festival
9 died and 26 injured during rock concert -
Vicente Fox is elected President of Mexico
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In southern Nigeria, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging gasoline
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A powerful solar flare causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth
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a Concorde aircraft, crashes into a hotel in Gonesse killing 113
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Hugo Chávez is reelected
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Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller confirmed as the new FBI director. -
Rioting erupts on the Paulsgrove estate in England
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The Confederate submarine is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor
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The Russian submarine Kursk sinks
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Dora the Explorer debuts
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Ostankino Tower fire in Moscow kills 3
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Tuvalu joins the United Nations
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The last wholly Swedish-owned arms manufacturer, Bofors, is sold to American arms manufacturer United Defense
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2000 summer Olympics are held in Sydney, Australia
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Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze is last seen alive
This day is taken as the commemoration date of his death. -
The Greek ferry Express Samina sinks off the coast of the island of Paros; 80 out of a total of over 500 passengers perish in one of Greece's worst sea disasters.
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The 2000 Summer Olympics close in Sydney, Australia
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Coal Sludge Disaster
250 million US gallons (950,000 m3) of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky. Considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. -
Yemen Suicide bombing
In Aden, Yemen, the USS Cole is badly damaged by two suicide bombers who placed a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39. -
Rail Crashes in UK
Hatfield rail crash, United Kingdom: Part of a rail shatters as a passenger train passes over it; four people are killed, 70 are injured. -
PS2 is Released
Sony's Playstation 2 is released in North America. -
Multic Machines Stop
The last Multics machine is shut down. -
Singapore Plane Crashes
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment in the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport – 83 dead. -
Bush Wins the electon
U.S. presidential election, 2000: Republican challenger George W. Bush defeats Democrat Vice President Al Gore, but the final outcome is not known for over a month because of disputed votes in Florida. -
Kaprun Accident
Austria,155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel. -
Bill Clinton visist Vietnam
Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting US President to visit Vietnam. -
Bush v. Gore
The U.S. Supreme Court stops the Florida presidential recount, effectively giving the state, and the Presidency, to George W. Bush. -
Chernobyl 3 reactor shuts down
The third and final reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down and the station is shut down completely -
Fire Sale!
A shopping center fire at Luoyang, Henan, China kills 309. -
Rizal Day bombings
A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines, within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about 100 -
Millenium Dome
The Millennium Dome closes its doors one year to the day of its opening -
Cloned animal
First cloned animal of a endagered species -
Wikipedia
Wikipedia launches on the internet -
Bush becomes President
He becomes the 43rd President -
Douglas DC-3 Crashes
Plane crashes in Venezuela killing 24 -
Gujarat, India earthquake
Earthquake leaves 12,000 -
Tom Cruise Gets Divorce
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman announced that they had separated. -
Ariel Sharon
Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon wins election as Prime Minister of Israel. -
USS Greeneville Collision
American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks Japanese fishing vessel Ehime-Maru. -
Earthquake in El Salvador
An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400 -
FBI Agent Arrested
FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia for 15 years. -
Treaty of Nice
The Treaty of Nice was signed by European leaders on 26 February 2001 and came into force on 1 February 2003. It amended the Maastricht Treaty (or the Treaty on European Union) and the Treaty of Rome (or the Treaty establishing the European Community). The Treaty of Nice reformed the institutional structure of the European Union to withstand eastward expansion, a task which was originally intended to have been done by the Amsterdam Treaty, but failed to be addressed at the time. -
Robert Ludlum dies
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Russian Mir space station disposved of
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Mac OS X is released
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Sega Dreamcast discontinued
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Invader Zim premieres
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Along Came A Spider
Morgan Freeman -
Easter Day
Not again until 2063 -
Pentium 4 Processor introduced
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Dennis Tito first space tourist
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Chandra Levy last seen in D.C.
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Space tourist Dennis Tito returns to Earth
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The Bahá'í Terraces officially open on Mount Carmel in Haifa
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large trans-Neptunian object is found during the Deep Ecliptic Survey
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The Versailles wedding hall disaster kills 23
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Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes youngest person to summit Mount Everest
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Royal Family of Nepal massacred
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Bratz
The popular Bratz, rival to the Barbie doll, debuts -
Justice is served...
Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh executed in Indiana -
Boom!
23 people killed and 11 wounded by an American missile hitting a soccer field in northern Iraq -
Artificial heart
World's first self-contained artificial heart implanted in Robert Tools. -
Plane crash
A Vladivostokavia Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia, killing 145 -
the film "Cats & Dogs" is released
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Like father like son
Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins the Pepsi 400 in the first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at the Daytona International Speedway since the death of Dale Earnhardt Sr. -
Baltimore, Maryland derailment
In Baltimore, Maryland, a 60-car train derailment occurs in a tunnel sparking a fire that will last days and virtually shut down downtown Baltimore -
Robert Muller: New FBI
Robert Mueller confirmed as the new FBI director. -
Stem Cell Limited Research
US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells. -
Aaliyah Died
Died: Aaliyah, contemporary R&B and pop singer, dies in a plane crash at the age of 22. -
Michael Jackon's 30th anniversary concert
Michael Jackson performs 30th anniversary (of his career) concert. -
Terrorist attacks
The September 11 terrorist attacks take place in New York City, The Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania, killing 2,977 people. -
GameCube is released
The Nintendo GameCube is released in Japan -
NY Stock exchange reopens
The New York Stock Exchange reopens following the terrorist attacks in New York. -
Tom Brady takes over for Drew Bledsoe
Tom Brady takes over at quarterback after the starting QB, Drew Bledsoe, suffered internal bleeding after a hit from Jets linebacker Mo Lewis. -
The American attack on Afghanistan begins.
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io
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Apple Computer releases the now famous iPod.
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Microsoft releases Windows XP.
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USA Patriot Act signed into law by President George W. Bush.
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Derek Jeter hits the MLB's first November home run at the World Series.
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Derek Jeter hits the MLB's first November home run at the World Series.
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The Xbox was released in the United States
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Bungie game studios releases Halo: Combat Evolved
It was released on Microsoft's Xbox, and became the "Killer App." for the console -
The animated Justice League cartoon premieres on Cartoon Network in America.
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The Nintendo GameCube is released in the United States and Canada.
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George Harrison of the Beatles dies at the age of 58 from lung cancer in Hollywood, California.
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Enron files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Annual Solar Eclipse
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China granted equal trade with the US
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Euro notes and coins are introduced to...
France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and the Netherlands -
The No Child Left Behind Act is signed into law by U.S.
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The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo displaces an estimated 400,000 people
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I Started playing wow
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Several explosions at a military dump in Lagos
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A large section of the Antarctic Larsen Ice Shelf begins disintegrating
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Super Bowl XXXVI
The Patriots defeated the heavily favored St. Louis Rams (20-17) this was the first of the Patriot's 3 Super Bowl wins in 4 years -
The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City, Utah
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Queen Elizabeth's Sister Princess Margaret dies in her sleep
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the Funeral of Princess Margaret takes Place
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FARC kidnaps Íngrid Betancourt while she campaigns for the presidency
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Gujarat communal riots begin
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U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
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France agrees to return the remains of Saartjie Baartman to South Africa
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125 vehicles are involved in a massive pile up
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Portugal holds parliamentary elections.
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A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 30 Israeli civilians
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Layne Staley Found Dead
Layne Staley lead singer and co-lyricist of the rock group Alice In Chains found dead in home. -
US demands Isreal to pull back Troops
As the Israeli–Palestinian conflict intensifies, the United States repeats its demands to Israel that it should pull back its troops. -
Plane Crash, 2 Women Die
A small aircraft crashes on the Pirelli building in Milan, Italy, killing two women -
Cyberscore
video game score tracking website Cyberscore is made. -
Alexander Lebed died
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Star Wars Episode II released
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones released in theaters. -
Last beam of the World Trade Center Removed
The last steel beam standing at the World Trade Center site is cut down and placed on a flatbed truck in a quiet ceremony honoring the construction workers. -
Singer and Grammy Award winner Robert Kelly (aka R. Kelly) was arrested and charged with having sex with an underaged girl.
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Former mob boss John "Teflon Don" Gotti dies of cancer.
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American Idol
Hit reality show, American Idol premiered its first episode on Fox Network. -
A federal forester ignites a massive wildfire that chars more than 100,000 acres near Denver as she attempts to burn a letter from her estranged husband.
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A federal court in San Francisco, California, ruled that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional, because of its "under God" clause.
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A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 airliner and a Boeing 757 operated by DHL collide at 35,000 ft over Uberlingen
due to failure of correct communication from ground-to-air. The 69 people aboard the Tupolev (mainly Russian schoolchildren) and the two pilots of the Boeing are all killed. -
Columbia Pictures publicly distributed Men in Black II into movie theaters.
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First near-earth object to be given a positive rating on the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale for potential Earth collision is (89959) 2002 NT7 with a potential impact on February 1, 2019.
First near-earth object to be given a positive rating on the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale for potential Earth collision is (89959) 2002 NT7 with a potential impact on February 1, 2019. -
Ukraine airshow disaster
A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter plane crashes into a crowd at an airshow in Lviv in Ukraine, killing at least 78 people and injuring many more. -
Cyclist Lance Armstrong wins his fourth consecutive Tour de France.
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Palestinian suicide bombing kills 9 near Safed
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Chick Hearn dies at 85
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US Airways declares bankruptcy
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NASA launches the Space Infrared Telescope Facility
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Apple releases Mac OS X version 10.2.
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Oakland Athletics Win 20th consecutive game
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Switzerland becomes full member of UN
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Firefly makes its debut
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The Beltway Snipers
The Beltway snipers fire the first shot of their shooting spree through the window of a Michaels craft store in Aspen Hill, Maryland -
The Limburg, a French oil tanker, explodes off the coast of Yemen, in a terrorist attack.
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Chess champion Vladimir Kramnik and the computer program Deep Fritz have drawn the Brains in Bahrain match, a series of eight games, with four points each.
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Moscow theatre siege
Special forces of the Russian army attacked the Chechen separatists who were holding hostages in a Moscow theater. 50 of the 53 separatists and 117 of the 800 hostages were killed. Most of hostages were killed by poison gas used by the special forces, with most of the surviving hostages hospitalised with gas poisoning. -
Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys passes Walter Payton as the NFL's leading rusher in a 17–14 loss to the Seattle Seahawks
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Hellfire missle launched kills al-Qaeda members
A AGM-114 Hellfire missile launched by an American drone airplane destroyed a car carrying what the United States claims were six members of al-Qaeda, including the mastermind of the USS Cole attack, Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi. -
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
The United States signs the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture -
First team of United Nations weapons inspectors arrive in Iraq
The first team of United Nations weapons inspectors arrive in Iraq, where they will prepare for inspections for evidence of the development or possession of weapons of mass destruction by Saddam Hussein's regime. -
European scientest attempt to debunk Moon landing Hoaks
A group of European scientists has announced that they intend to use the Very Large Telescope to take pictures of the lunar module bases remaining on the Moon, in order to debunk the Apollo moon landing conspiracy theory that states that the Apollo moon landings were a hoax. -
Mombasa
Three suicide bombers detonated themselves at a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, killing a number of people, including Israeli tourists who have been presumed to be the targets of the attack. At the same time two anti-aircraft missiles were fired at a passenger aircraft, which only narrowly missed. The two attacks are suspected to be connected, and it is suspected that al-Qaeda may be involved in the attacks. -
Pi caculated to 1.24 trillion digits
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Lance Armstrong Sportsman of the year
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Nobel Peace awards in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway
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Police arrest seven suspects in connection with Wood Green ricin plot.
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Police arrest seven suspects in connection with Wood Green ricin plot
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US Airways Express Flight 5481 crashes
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The last signal is received from NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft
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Super Bowl XXXVII.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Oakland Raiders (48-21) -
Space Shuttle Columbia Incident
The Space Shuttle Columbia was reported to have disintegrated over Texas on its final approach to a landing after its 28th space mission. All seven crew members were killed in the disaster. It was later discovered that a piece of foam insulation had broken off the external fuel tank and punctured a hole in the left wing during launch. -
A crowded passenger train and a freight train collided head on and burst into flames in northwestern Zimbabwe, killing 40 people and injuring about 60. The wreckage was still burning 14 hours after the collision.
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A car bomb at an upscale club in Bogotá, Colombia kills 36 and wounds 150 in the worst attack in many years
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In Chicago, Illinois, a stampede at the E2 south side nightclub kills 21 people.
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Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash
A military plane carrying 302 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards crashed in the mountains of southeastern Iran killing all on board. The government did not go into the possible cause of the crash. -
The Station nightclub fire
A fire started by pyrotechnics set-off by Great White, a rock band playing a nightclub in West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, kills at least 96 and injures nearly 200, with 35 in critical condition. -
Iraq Disarmament Crisis
Iraq disarmament crisis: The Turkish speaker of Parliament voids the vote accepting U.S. troops involved in the planned invasion of Iraq into Turkey on constitutional grounds. Due to 19 abstentions, 264 votes for and 250 against accepting 62,000 U.S. military personnel do not constitute the necessary majority under the Turkish constitution -
Abdullah el Faisal is Jailed
Britain: Abdullah el-Faisal is jailed for nine years for urging Islamists to kill non-believers, Americans, Hindus and Jews -
Malta join European Union
In a referendum, Malta votes in favor of joining the European Union in 2004. -
US invasion of iraq
President George W. Bush announces in a televised speech that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his sons have 48 hours to leave Iraq, or the United States will initiate preemptive military action against Iraq. -
The 3rd Generation of Pokemon is released
The third generation of Pokémon games, also sometimes known as the advance or advanced generation, is the third set of Pokémon games released, and is described by some to be a "resetting" of the series. -
Red vs. Blue
The award-winning machinima series Red vs. Blue made its online premiere. -
Hiker and mountain climber Aron Ralston is stuck for five days in Blue John Canyon after an 800 pound rock falls on his right arm, pinning it to the canyon wall.
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A Soyuz spacecraft blasts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome towards the International Space Station, the first launch since the Columbia disaster.
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Itunes store
Apple Computer revealed a new online music store, entitled the iTunes Music Store, for its iTunes and iPod products. Each song can be downloaded for 99 cents and there is no subscription fee. -
A suicide bomber kills three in Tel Aviv.
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Old Man of the Mountain collapses overnight
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The first confirmed SARS case is reported in Finland
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Bob Hope turns 100
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Finding Nemo was released into theaters
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mummy of Queen Nefertiti may have been found
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Three 160,000 year old human skulls unearthed in Ethiopia
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Garfield celebrates its 25th anniversary
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Vancouver, British Columbia will host the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Mexico declares a state of emergency due to an outbreak of the West Nile
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Celia Cruz dies of a cancerous brain tumor
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A truck bomb destroys a military hospital in Mozdok
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A huge condominium complex under construction in San Diego, California, is destroyed, supposedly by the Earth Liberation Front.
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Atleast 54 people die in a series of explosions in Pakistan
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Italian laboratory announces the birth of the world's first cloned horse
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The remains of a viking warrior are found at a building site in Dublin
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19 al-Qaeda men arrested
The Iraqi police handling the investigation say they have arrested 19 men in connection with the blast, many of them foreigners and all with admitted links to al-Qaeda. -
Asteroid Might Hit Earth
Astronomy: Astronomers announce the discovery of an asteroid (2003 QQ47) whose orbit has a remote chance of striking earth. -
Johnny Cash Dies
Johnny Cash died at the age of 71 due to complications from diabetes, which resulted in respiratory failure, while hospitalized at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He was interred next to his wife in Hendersonville Memory Gardens near his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. -
Suicide Bomber in Baghdad
A suicide attacker detonates a car bomb near United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, killing himself and an Iraqi guard and injuring at least 11 others. The attack came a month after a massive truck bomb devastated the complex and as the UN considers expanding its role in Iraq. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan states that personnel are assessing the situation following the attack. -
Near-Earth asteroid
Confirmation on the closest near-miss of a natural object ever recorded. The asteroid (designated 2003 SQ222), about the size of a small house, flew past Earth at a distance of around 88,000 kilometres. It would have made a fireball had it entered the atmosphere. -
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded jointly to Alexei Abrikosov, Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony Leggett for their work on the theory of superconductors and superfluids. -
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israeli troops pull back in Gaza. Israel will continue to demolish tunnels. The Israeli army states it discovers three tunnels in the camp, but no weapons have been found. A Palestinian teenager is shot dead and up to 10 homes were demolished and water and electricity facilities were hit. Palestinian militants were seeking to smuggle from Egypt shoulder-fired missiles that could be used against tanks, helicopters, and fighter jets. -
Occupation of Iraq
New draft resolution being circulated at UN aims at getting international aid. The resolution sets a deadline for initial steps, if only for a transitional step, toward restoring Iraqi sovereignty, giving the Iraqi Governing Council until December 15 to develop a timetable for writing a constitution and holding elections. The Bush administration proposes that the United Nations recognize the Iraqi Governing Council as a unit that "will embody the sovereignty" of Iraq until the country returns t -
Trial of John Allen Muhammad
Trial of John Allen Muhammad, who is suspected of being the Washington DC serial sniper, begins. He pleads not guilty. -
Pope John Paul II beatifies Mother Teresa.
Pope John Paul II beatifies Mother Teresa. Hundreds of thousands attend the ceremony in -
Two chinook helicopters shot down in Iraq
In the heaviest single loss for the coalition troops since cessation of the military campaign in Iraq two US Chinook helicopters are fired on by two surface-to-air missiles and one crashes near Fallujah and on its way to Baghdad airport -
Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
After 26 years, and at a distance from Earth of over 8 billion miles, Voyager 1 exits the solar system. It is expected to keep on transmitting into the 2020s. -
Chinese police catch serial killer
Police in Hebei province, People's Republic of China, arrest a suspected serial killer alleged to have killed at least 65 people. -
Bombs hit Istanbul
Bombs hit Istanbul, Turkey. At least 25 are killed and hundreds injured in two car-bomb blasts that devastate the Turkish headquarters of HSBC and the British consulate. British Consul-General Roger Short is among the dead. The Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front (IBDA-C), a radical Islamist group, claims responsibility. -
SARS vactionations in China
The People's Republic of China plans to start tests of a SARS vaccine on humans by the end of December; trials with monkeys show that the vaccine was effective. -
Iraq debt
George W. Bush asks James Baker to oversee the reconstruction of Iraq's USD $125 billion foreign debt. -
Flu season
Doctors at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control are worried that the 2003–2004 influenza season will be the worst in years. Early signs indicate that a particularly virulent strain of the flu virus that is not well-covered by that year's vaccine is hitting hard in some states. Young children and the elderly have been urged to receive the vaccine, doses of which are running low -
Kiowa crashes
A U.S. Kiowa helicopter makes a controlled landing after being struck by an RPG near Fallujah; the two-man crew is uninjured. -
Israeli gunship attacks Islamic Jihad commander
An Israeli helicopter gunship attacks a car in Gaza City, killing Islamic Jihad commander Mekled Hameid and two fellow militants, together with two bystanders. -
FDA bans ephedra
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announces a ban on the sale of dietary supplement ephedra, citing "an unreasonable risk of illness or injury" from the use of the drug. -
Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes in the Red Sea
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NASAs MER-A lands on mars
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Serial killer Harold Shipman found hanged in his prison cell
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NASAs MER-B lands on Mars
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A whale explodes in Tainan City
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A hajj stampede kills 251 pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
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New England Patriots win Super Bowl XXXVIII
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Suicide bomber kills 41 people in Moscow
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South Korea announces the cloning of 30 human embryos
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Train explodes in Iran killing 320 people
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NASAs MER-B confirmed that mars was once drenched in water
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terrorists use bombs in 4 rush hour trains in Madrid kill 191 people
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2 suicide bombers kill 11 Isreali civilians
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15 year old Kriss Donald abducted, tortured, and murdered
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Largerst expansian of NATO to date takes place
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Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles killing Gaza Strip, leader of Hamas
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12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insutgents killing 22
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Last coal mine in France closes
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two trains carrying explosives collide in North Korea killing 161 people
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last Oldsmobile rolls off of the assembly line
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Largest expansion to date of the European Union takes place
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Series finale of Friends airs
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South Africa is awarded the 2010 FIFA World Cup
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North Korea bans moblie phones
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National WWII Memorial is dedicated in Washington D.C.
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Marvin Heemeyer destroys many local buildings with a home-made tank
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First transit of Venus since 1882 occurs
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Pickled heart of Louis XVII of France is buried in the royal crypt
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Terry Nichols is spared the death penalty by the Oklahoma state court
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A meteorite strikes a house in New Zealand
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Vatican gains full membership rights in the United Nation exept voting
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The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrives at Saturn
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Greece wins UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal
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Groundbreaking for the Freedom Tower begins at Ground Zero
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The Old Bridge of Mostar is reconstructed
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Bomb attack occurs in front of Pragues Casino Royal
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Statue of Liberty reopens after security improvments
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NASAs MESSENGER is launched
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2004 Summer Olympics are held in Athens
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2 suicide attacks on buses kill 16 and injure at least 60
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Chechen terrorists take about 1250 people hostage, mostly children
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Hurricane Ivan forms
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A Typhoon hits western Japan
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The U.S. Assault Weapons Ban expires
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Hurricane Ivan strikes Gulf Shores of Alabama
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2 car bombs kill at least 16 people in Baghdad
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Arsenal lose for the fisrt time in 49 league games
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New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox
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The Ubuntu operating system is first released
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Boston Red Sox win the World Series
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11 american states ban gay marrage
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Halo 2 is released
On release, Halo 2 was the most popular video game on Xbox Live, holding that rank until the release of Gears of War for the Xbox 360 nearly two years later. Halo 2 is the best-selling first-generation Xbox game, with at least 6.3 million copies sold in the United States alone -
A European Space probe passes from Earths orbit into the moons orbit
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The APEC Summit is held in Santiago, Chile.
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Coal mine explosion in China kills over 150
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Terrorists attack the U.S. Consulate killing several people
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Worlds largest bridge, the Millau bridge is open
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Alibanian terrorists take bus and passangers hostage with a 1 million euro ransom
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South Korean high-speed rail system opens
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Tallest skyscraper in the world, th Taipei 101 opens
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Palestinian militants allegedly misfire a Qassam rocket and kill a Palestinian girl in Jabalia.
Palestinian militants allegedly misfire a Qassam rocket and kill a Palestinian girl in Jabalia. -
Assassination of Ali al-Haidri
Governor of Baghdad Ali al-Haidri is assassinated in a roadside ambush in the Iraqi capital. -
Gang Violence
Ten gang members are sentenced to prison terms of 25 to 40 years for the murders of 12 women in Juárez, Mexico; however, many hundreds of the deaths in Ciudad Juárez remain unsolved. -
Borat
After convincing the authorities that he was shooting a documentary, Borat managed to infuriate a crowd at a rodeo in Salem, Virginia, USA: first by saying that "I hope you kill every man, woman and child in Iraq, down to the lizards...and may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq" (which received a fair amount of applause); and then, by rendering a mangled version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" that was misreported as ending with the words "your home in the grave" -
U.S. President George W. Bush is sworn in for his second term
Pledges to seek "Freedom in all the world" -
Eleven people die in a Baghdad bombing
According to the Al-Zaman newspaper. Of these, eight are policemen or soldiers -
The cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise is announced
Marking the end of 18 consecutive years of Star Trek on television -
NATO helicopters find the wreckage of a Kam Air Boeing 737, an Afghan passenger jet
In the mountains east of Kabul; all 104 people that were on board are presumed dead -
The New England Patriots win the Super Bowl, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21
Tom Brady becomes the youngest player in NFL history to win 3 Super Bowls -
Guerrilla fighting leaves 22 dead, including two US troops.
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Englishwoman Ellen MacArthur sets a record for the quickest round-the-world solo sail
She completed the 27,354 mile journey in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds, breaking the old record of 72 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 22 seconds -
Karzai appoints Abdul Rashid Dostum as his chief-of-staff
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7.0 magnitude earthquake hits Kyūshū, Japan
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Sony PlayStation Portable is released in North America
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The Office premiered in the United States
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Grey's Anatomy debuts on ABC
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Pope John Paul II passes away at age 84
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Pope John Paul II funeral takes place
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Mount Talang erupts in Sumatra, Indonesia
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YouTube is founded and launched
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Apple releases Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger
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Audioslave become the first US Rock band to play in Cuba
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Xbox 360 annouced on MTV
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Helicopter lands on Mount Everest
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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is relesed in the U.S.
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Ruby Slippers Stolen
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Mike Tyson announces he will retire from boxing
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Battlefield 2 was relesed
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Juan Rivera Was Found Dead In His Carteret N.J Home
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14-year-old Louisiana girl is killed in a shark attack.
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Florida beaches reopen after the shark attack Saturday that killed Jamie Daigle.
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Baby Steps ;D
A Toronto mosque makes history by hosting the first known Muslim prayer service in history to be led by a woman -
Lance Armstrong
American cyclist and cancer survivor wins his seventh consecutive Tour de France -
July 7th London Bombings
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Hurricane Dennis hits
Hurricane Dennis makes landfall in the United States, slamming into the Florida Panhandle with 120 mph winds. -
Tiger Woods wins his second Open Chanpionship
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Brazil hosts annual AIDS conference in Rio de Janeiro.
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Canada, gene lab confirms that alleged sasquatch hairs actually belong to a bison
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Chile plans to limit migration to Easter Island
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Phil Mickelson wins the 2005 PGA Championship
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World Youth Day 2005 begins in Cologne, Germany
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In China, flood in coal mine traps at least 102
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Hurricane Katrina
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Car bomb in Basra, Iraq
16 people die following a car bomb attack in the southern Iraqi city of Basra -
Apple releases Ipod Nano
Apple Computer has unveiled a pencil-thin iPod nano digital music player and a long-anticipated cell phone that plays music like an iPod -
Earthquake
An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale is detected off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea, though no damage has been recorded -
Bali bombing kill 26
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Earthquake kills about 80,000 people
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2nd chinese spacecraft is launched
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Trials of Saddam Hussein begin
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3 large blast killed at least 61 and wounded many more
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At least 50 people are killed in a series of suicide bomings in Amman
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Andrew Stimpson, 25 year old British man is reported "Cured"of HIV
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire earns $101.4 million in the first 3 days of its release
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The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Quebec
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Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant
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Marines are killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb attack
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Iranian C-130 airplane crashes into a ten-story building in Tehran
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Shakidor Dam fails due to heaby rain
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The 43rd Mersenne prime is found
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Another second is added, called a leap second to the end of 2005
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Russia Cuts Natural Gas
Russia cuts Urkanes natural gas over price desputes -
Hotel in Mecca Collapses
Hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia collapses, killing 76 pilligrams visiting to preform Hajji -
Ellen Sirleaf President of Liberia
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf assumes office as President of Liberia, the first female elected head of state in Africa. -
Pope issues first Encycylical
Pope Benedict XVI issues his first encycylical, Deus Caritas Est -
Stampede
A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71. -
MASH
The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is decommissioned by the United States Army . -
Massive mudslide occurs in Southern
A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte , Philippines ; the official death toll is set at 1,126. -
Methane Explosions
A methane explosion in coal mine near Nueva Rosita , Mexico , kills 65 miners -
Katrina Warning
A video obtained by the Associated Press shows U.S. President George W. Bush being warned that the levees in New Orleans could break one day before Hurricane Katrina hit. -
A shipwreck from the 14th century was found buried in Riddarfjärden Bay in Stockholm, Sweden. If the ship is well preserved, there are plans to remove it from the waters
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The Deep Space Network tries one final contact attempt to Pioneer 10.
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Astronomers announce that the Cassini-Huygens probe has detected possible geysers of water on Saturn's moon Enceladus, perhaps the first example of naturally occurring liquid water beyond Earth.
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Beijing's wealthiest millionaire, Yuan Baojing, and two alleged accomplices are sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection for murder by a Liaoyang court, making Yuan the wealthiest person to be executed in PRC history.
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The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the 'British FBI', is launched in the United Kingdom.
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An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude is reported in Western Gujarat in India.
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20th Anniversity of the Chernobyl Disaster
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Over 10 rebels are killed and many injured in Batticaloa as the Tamil Tigers attack a breakaway faction led by Col. Karuna Amman. (BBC)
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Nepal's new cabinet is unveiled.
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United States President George W. Bush announces his support for closing Guantanamo Bay detention center
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Former U.S. President Gerald Ford is admitted to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
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The United States releases a list of 759 former and current inmates of the Guantánamo Bay prison camp in Cuba after a Freedom of Information Act action was filed by the Associated Press.
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Ray Nagin is re-elected Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Extraordinary renditions. The Bundesnachrichtendienst (German intelligence agency) declares that it had known of Khalid El-Masri's seizure 16 months before Germany was officially informed of his mistaken arrest in the name of the War on Terror. Germany ha
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Internet Explorer Version 7 Beta 3 is released for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
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A constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage is killed when it fails to gain the three-fifths majority required for cloture in the United States Senate. 49 Senators voted for the motion, and 48 voted against. This also fell far short of the two-thi
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Iraqi eye-witnesses claim Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was briefly interrogated and kicked in the chest by the U.S. military before his subsequent death.
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Suprme Court allows challenge to lethal injection
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Bill Gates said he will step down from Microsoft in 2008
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The U.S. military suffers its 2500th fatal casualty in the Iraq war.
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Japan dispatches ships and planes to monitor developments in North Korea as that country prepares to test a long range missile.
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A new audio tape, allegedly from Osama Bin Laden, is released praising Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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Early elections in November are announced in the Netherlands
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Israel Air Force strikes the Palestinian Foreign Ministry for a second time in a week, wounding 5 people. (Al-Jazeera), (Haaretz)
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The Supreme Court of Japan rules that foreign governments are no longer immune from lawsuits filed in Japan.
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A group of Colombian farmers has won a multimillion pound settlement from BP after the British oil and gas company was accused of benefiting from a regime of terror carried out by Colombian government paramilitaries to protect a 450-mile pipeline.(Indepen
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Mel Gibson is charged with misdemeanor drunken driving and related offences.
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A US military hearing has examined the testimony by one of the accused in an incident where a 14-year-old girl and three family members in Mahmoudiyah were allegedly killed by four US soldiers after the girl's rape in March.
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AOL publicly releases 20 million unfiltered search keywords for 500,000 users, containing personally identifiable information about users' search habits. (TechCrunch)
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Fox News journalists Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig are kidnapped in Gaza
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Major offensive in Kandahar
More than 200 Taliban rebels and four Canadian troops die -
Steve Irwin
"The Crocodile Hunter", is killed by a stingray while filming a documentary on Australia's Great Barrier Reef -
NATO-led forces in Afghanistan say they have killed 40 more Taliban rebels in the ongoing offensive in the south
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NATO and Afghan forces killed 94 Taliban fighters in intense overnight clashes in southern Afghanistan, the military alliance says
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Los Angeles Dodgers rookie First-baseman James Loney breaks a 56 year-old record set by Gil Hodges of 9 RBI's in one game against the Colorado Rockies.
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Amidh School shooting
At least five pupils, a teacher's aide, and a gunman are dead after an Amish school shooting in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, United States. Some reports have the number of dead at six. -
North Korea announces plans to conduct a nuclear test.
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In New York, It is officially declared "Final Fantasy XII" day
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A small aircraft crashes into a building in New York City
A small aircraft crashes into a building at 524 East 72nd Street, on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City killing 2 people. FBI states that there is so far no reason to suspect terrorism, and the alert level hasn't been raised. The plane was registered to New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle. Lidle is reported to have been the pilot, and along with his flight instructor, was killed in the crash. -
North Korean nuclear testing
North Korea warns that any participation by South Korea in U.S. led sanctions would be seen as a serious -
World-1, Saddam-0
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is convicted of crimes against humanity by a Baghdad court and sentenced to death by hanging -
Poor Japan :(
A deadly tornado kills nine and injures twelve in Saroma, Hokkaido, Japan -
Bombing in Pakistan
At least 42 people die and 20 people are injured in a bomb blast outside an army training centre in north-west Pakistan -
Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack announces he will be running in the 2008 US Presidential Election
Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack announces he will be running in the 2008 US Presidential Election -
Suicide bombing in Baghdad
A suicide bomber kills at least 35 people and injures about 50 more at a police recruiting center in Baghdad -
Typhoon Durian
Typhoon Durian has killed at least 388 people in Albay province on the island of Luzon in the Philippines with the death toll expected to climb as rescuers get to affected villages -
Iran's blockage...
The Government of Iran blocks Wikipedia, IMDb and nytimes.com, among many sites both commercial and informative -
Rise of the Machines
The World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik loses a final game and a match with a computer program, Fritz-10. The final score is 2-4 -
Shooter in Chicago
Three people are killed and a fourth injured when a gunman starts shooting at a Chicago skyscraper. The gunman was then shot dead by a Chicago Police Department SWAT sniper -
FIRE!
A fire at a Russian drug treatment hospital kills 45 people with arson suspected -
China conducts an anti-terror raid
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Quadrantids meteor shower of 2007 damages several houses
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The Greek ship "the Server" breaks in half releasing 200 tons of oil
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A Sadanese airliner carring 03 people is hijacked
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A terror plot was foiled in the UK where 9 peole were arrested under suspicion
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An outbreak of avian flu is comfirme in the United Kingdom
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The Dixie Chickes win five statuettes at the Grammy Awards
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Suicide bomb in a district court in Quetta
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Singer Britney Spears shaves her head
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Pirates hijack the MV Rozen as it departed Somalia
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Switzerland accidentally invades Liechtenstein
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A boat carring Hitian migrants catches fire off th coast of theDominican Republic
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Uh oh!
A boat carrying Haitian migrants catches fire off the coast of the Dominican Republic resulting in the death of at least eight people and 44 people missing -
Whoopsy!
Switzerland accidentally invades Liechtenstein after 171 infantrymen get lost and cross the Liechtenstein border -
Two suicide bombers in a crowd of Muslim pilgrims in Al Hillah kill at least 115 people and wound 150
Two suicide bombers in a crowd of Muslim pilgrims in Al Hillah kill at least 115 people and wound 150 -
Gobble Gobble Gobble
Turkey bans user generated content web site YouTube after insulting clips of Turkish founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk are discovered -
54?!?
The first match of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, between West Indies and Pakistan, takes place at Sabina Park in Jamaica. The West Indies win by 54 runs -
4 people die in a shootout in NY city
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"Rocky Mounain High"
The U.S. state of Colorado adopts "Rocky Mountain High", written by John Denver, as its second official state song -
A Greek cruise ship wit 1,153 sets sail and sinks the following day
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A jeep carring gelatin type explosive explodes in an Indian village
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Googl buys DoubleClick for $3.1 billion
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Scientists prove that eating less salt reduces your chance of a stroke or heart attack
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4th Generation of the Pokemon series is relased
Like previous Pokémon games, Diamond and Pearl chronicle the adventures of a young Pokémon trainer as he/she trains and battles Pokémon while also thwarting the schemes of a criminal organization. The games add many new features, such as Internet play over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and changes to battle mechanics and Pokémon Contests. -
A boat carrying about 150 people capsixes in the Atlantic Ocean
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Street Sense wins the 133rd Kentucky Derby
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A bomb on a bicycle was detonaedi bazzar in Turckey
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Two cargo shis collid in heavy fog
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At least 27 people die when a wall collapses in a bar
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An early fossil proves that the giant panda was once a pygmy
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Space shuttle Atlantis Lands safley in California
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A roadside bomb hits a United Natio patrol
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British police defuse a bomb, than a second is found hours later
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Canada celebrates its 140th anniversary
Canada Day marks the creation of the Dominion of Canada through the British North America Act on July 1, 1867 -
Landslide!
A landslide buries a bus carrying at least 40 people in mountains near Tehuacán in the Mexican state of Puebla -
"Octosquid"
Scientists announce the discovery of a new species of cephalopod, dubbed 'octosquid', found off the coast of Hawaii -
The New Seven Wonders of the World are announced
These are The Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil, Machu Picchu in Peru, Mexico's Chichen Itza Mayan site, the Colosseum in Rome and the Taj Mahal in India -
Stratovolcano in Indonesia
Indonesia evacuates thousands of people living near Mount Gamkonora as it appears likely to explode -
Goin' green, New Zealand style...
New Zealand launches its first commercially available biofuel, which consists of 90 percent petrol and 10 percent bioethanol made from cows' milk -
Two Russian bathyscaphes, MIR submersibles have reached the seabed below the North Pole, at a depth of 4.2 km, for the first time ever
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Japan marks the 62nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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A truck bomb in Tal Afar in northern Iraq kills at least 25 people and destroys 10 homes
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The Yangtse River Dolphin is declared extinct
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Floods in Vietnam kill 43 people
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Vrooom!
Dave Zabriski, an American professional cyclist, defended his National Time Trial Championship by winning by 2 seconds in Greenville, SC -
Labor Day
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A long heat wave hits in Souther California killing 13 people
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Pakistan Bombings
A bomb explodes on a bus carrying employees of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission destroying the bus in Rawalpindi, Pakistan while a second bomb on a motorbike explodes in a bazaar. (Reuters)
The death toll from the two bombings reaches at least 24 with 66 injured -
Police officer in Ohio was caught on camera using a taser on a hadcuffed woman
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Halo 3 is released
Halo 3 has now sold in excess of 8.1 million copies, and was the best-selling video game of 2007 in the U.S. -
Columbus Day
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A helicopter escorting the helicoper of Presiden Pervez Musharraf crashes
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South Africa defeats England to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup
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Halloween
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Day of th Dead
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Astronomers found a fifth planet 41 light years from Earth
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Veterans Day
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More than 100 journalist are arrested for protesteding
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Thanksgiving
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US wins its first Davis Cup since 1995 against Russia
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2nd human case of the bird flu is confirmed in eastern China
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Sean Hoey is found not guilty of all 56 charges aginst him
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At least 50 people are killed by an explosion in Pakistan
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The Taliban threaten to escalate attacks in Afghanistan after a year of record violence. (The Independent)
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A fire in a church in Eldoret, Western Kenya kills fifty people who were sheltering from violence after the disputed presidential election. (AP via Google Red News)
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The Lithuanian government confirms a nuclear waste site
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A tanker crash, explosion and fire in Port Harcourt, Nigeria leaves at least 30 dead.
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A fire at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada causes the entire building to be evacuated.
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An explosion on a bus in Dambulla, Sri Lanka kills at least 20 people.
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Super Bowl XLII
The New York Giants upset the heavily favored New England Patriots (17-14) This spoiled New Englands bid to be the first team to finish a 16 game regular season undefeated and win the Super Bowl -
Iran launches the Kavoshgar-1 research rocket to inaugurate a newly built space center.
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The Red Cross estimates that hundreds of civilians have been killed in the Battle of N'Djamena in Chad
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A small plane crashes at Mount Airy, North Carolina resulting in the death of six passengers
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The Grand National Assembly of Turkey votes to change the Constitution of Turkey removing a ban on wearing religious head cover in Turkish universities.
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The wooden portion of Namdaemun Gate in Seoul, South Korea is destroyed in a suspicious fire.
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The United States Federal Reserve forecasts lower economic growth for the rest of the year with rising unemployment rates. (CNN)
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Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident
On 23 February 2008, a B-2 named, the Spirit of Kansas, crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. I have nicknamed this, "The quickest way to lose a billion dollars" -
Ercia's Birthday
10 years of age -
Dr. Suess's Birth Day
104 years of age Deceased -
Brett Farve retirement
Brett Farve retires after 17 years -
Man Made Flood
Man made flood in Grand Canyon in attempt to replinish the ecosystem -
the Bornean clouded leopard, declared new species by WWF
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2008 NCAA Tournment
Kansas Jayhawks defeat the Memphis Tigers -
Richard Quest
Quest is arrested for Meth possession -
Wesley Snipes
sentenced for three years in prison for tax evasion -
Tornadoes of 2008
Tornadoes sweep through central and southeastern Virginia injuring more than 200 people and damaging multiple houses -
Grand Theft Auto IV relesesed
The game would go on to become the fastest selling game in 24 hours by selling 609,000 copies -
Platypus Genome
The genome of the platypus is sequenced -
Oil Prices rise
price of crude oil reaches a new record high of US$125.98 a barrel -
Oil Prices rise again
Crude oil prices rise above $130 a barrel for the first time. -
Spelling Bee
Sameer Mishra wins the 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee, the winning word was "guerdon" -
Usain Bolt
sets a new world record for the 100 metres in athletics -
Thirteen people are killed and 14 others injured in a bus crash in Anzoátegui, Venezuela.
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The Lord's Resistance Army, reportedly drafting recruits and acquiring new weapons, kills at least 23 people in attacks against south Sudanese troops.
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The Lord's Resistance Army, reportedly drafting recruits and acquiring new weapons, kills at least 23 people in attacks against south Sudanese troops.
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In tennis, Ana Ivanović defeats Dinara Safina to win the French Open.
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President George W. Bush attends the final United States-European Union summit of his Presidency with agreements to tighten sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program.
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NASA
NASA discovers water in atmosphere of Mercuery -
Train crash
train crash near Marsa Matrouh in northern Egypt kills at least 42 people with 40 more injured -
The Capitoline Wolf
once thought to be an Etruscan work, is shown to be from the 13th century CE -
The Dark Knight
sets a new record for box office receipts for an opening weekend in the United States with US$158.4 million -
abiraterone
Considerd historical advancment in Prostate cancer drug -
The International Atomic Energy Agency unanimously approves a safeguards agreement with India, a precondition of the nuclear deal with the United States. (Sify)
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At least nine firefighters are missing presumed dead after a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter crashes in northern California. (The Oregonian)
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Eleven climbers from an international expedition are reported dead after ice fall took out the fixed ropes on part of the route on K2 mountain in the Himalayas.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia launched a military operation to help peacekeepers stationed in the region under UN mandate since the early 1990s defend their position after 15 were killed during Georgian operations and to protect South Osse
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RENT
RENT closes making it the seventh longest running musica -
Chatsworth train collision
Death Toll rises by 24 -
Ozone hole
Ozone hole over the Antarctic has reached its largest expanse, 27 million square kilometers -
Toonami
Toonami goes completely off the air on Cartoon Network -
Ryder Cup
United States wins it for the first time since 1999 -
The United States Senate passes the civilian nuclear agreement with India by a vote of 86–13. India has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty, but may now undertake nuclear trade to the States (TOI)
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A car bomb attack in Zagreb, Croatia, kills Ivo Pukanić, the owner of weekly newspaper Nacional.
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NASA
NASA launches Interstellar Boundary Explorer satellite that will study the edge of solar system -
Western donors pledge US$4.5 billion toward the rebuilding of Georgia, which suffered from damage inflicted during short war with Russia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia in August
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Government heads of 45 countries from Asia and Europe meet in Beijing as the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting convenes with financial crisis topping the agenda
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Bethesda studios releases Fallout 3
Won many Game of the Year awards. The protaginist's father is voiced by actor, Liam Neeson, Whose God-like voice made gamers tremble in respect. -
India's first lunar mission
India's first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, transmits two pictures of the Earth while en route to the Moon. -
Formula One
Lewis Hamilton wins the 2008 Formula One Drivers' Championship, -
Michael Crichton
Dies at the age of 66 -
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson wins NASCAR's 2008 Sprint Cup Series championship -
Black Friday
As the Christmas shopping season begins in the United States, two are shot at a Toys R Us store in Palm Desert, California, and a Wal-Mart employee is crushed in a stampede after shoppers broke down a front door in Valley Stream, New York. -
OJ Simpson
O. J. Simpson is sentenced to 15-33 years in prison with eligibility for parole after 9 years for kidnapping -
Iraqi suicide bomber kills 48
An Iraqi suicide bomber kills 48 people and wounds almost 100 in a restaurant north of Kirkuk celebrating the end of Eid al-Adha. -
Israel releases captive Palestinians
Israel releases 224 captive Palestinians from prison. -
Flooding in Papua New Guinea
75,000 people in Papua New Guinea are displaced by flooding caused by tidal swells. -
Largest accumulation of dinosaur fossils found
One of the world's biggest accumulations of dinosaur fossils is found near Zhucheng, China. (Reuters) (BBC) -
All Janurary
At least five people die and more than 50 are injured in serial bombings in Guwahati, India. (CNN-IBN)
Russia's Gazprom halts deliveries of natural gas to Ukraine after negotiations over prices fail. (RIA Novosti) (Reuters)
Slovakia adopts the euro and becomes the 16th member of the Eurozone. (Reuters) (BBC)
Virgin Galactic and the U.S. state of New Mexico sign a US$150-250 million agreement to launch sub-orbital commercial space flights at Spaceport America, near Las Cruces and Truth or Consequ -
President George W. Bush bids farewell to the United States in a 15-minute televised address, during which he touted his record and warned his successor, Barack Obama, to maintain an aggressive stance against terrorism.
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Poodism
founded as religion -
Conficker
Computer worm Conficker infects more than eight million Microsoft Windows-based personal computers. -
Internet
number of unique Internet users reached one billion in December 2008 -
The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 to win Super Bowl XLIII
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China Drought
China declares a national emergency due to severe droughts throughout the country -
Zues Birthplace
birthplace of Zeus is possibly discovered at Mount Lykaion, Greece -
United States President Barack Obama authorizes the deployment of 12,000 more soldiers into the Afghanistan War
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Slumdog Millionaire
wins eight Academy Awards -
Terminated
Morocco terminates diplomatic relations with Iran -
Febuary Facts
Ten-year-old Sussex spaniel Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee wins the 2009 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show's Best-in-Show Award. (Los Angeles Times)
Thirty mummies are discovered in a 2,600-year-old ancient Egyptian tomb at Saqqara. (AP via National Geographic)
Bishop Richard Williamson is removed from a Roman Catholic seminary in Argentina after denying the Holocaust. (BBC)
Automotive industry crisis of 2008-2009:
Japan's Nissan Motors cuts 20,000 jobs because of the global economic downturn. (CN -
Bernard Madoff
American businessman Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to 11 charges surrounding his US$65-billion Ponzi scheme. -
Natasha Richardson, wife of actor Liam Neeson dies
Richardson succombed to injuries suffered during a skiing accident a few days earlier -
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing an Internet leak of the upcoming film X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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Argh... I be a Somalian pirate
Somali pirates hijack the Danish container ship MV Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean -
A landslide in Kyrgyzstan kills at least 16 peopleA landslide in Kyrgyzstan kills at least 16 people
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Two earthquakes kill 22 people in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
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Eight corrections officers are killed in an ambush during a prisoner transfer in Nayarit, Mexico
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Sri Lankan Army kills 91
The Sri Lankan Army kills 91 people and injures 87 others at a hospital inside a civilian safe zone. -
Wildfires
Wildfires near Santa Barbara, California, United States, burn 3,000 acres (12 km2) of land and force 15,000 people to evacuate. -
H1N1 kills another
H1N1 influenza kills a third United States citizen and spreads to Australia and Japan. -
UN requests aid for 1,500,000 Pakistani
The United Nations requests aid for 1,500,000 people who have been displaced by war in northwest Pakistan. -
Demonstrators gather in Hong Kong
Thousands of demonstrators gather in Hong Kong to commemorate the upcoming anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 4, 1989. -
Air France Flight 447
Flight disappers over the Atlantic Coast -
Palm, Inc.
launches Plam Pre smartphone -
Apple Inc.
debuts third generation of its iPhone -
Analog to Digital
U.S. television stations complete their switch from analog to digital television -
2009 Stanley Cup Finals
Pittsburg Penguiens defeat the Detroit Red Wings in game seven -
TerreStar-1 Launched
the largest commercial telecommunication satellite ever built, is successfully launched -
Dinosuar
Three dinosaur species—Australovenator wintonensis, Wintonotitan wattsi and Diamantinasaurus matildae—are discovered in Australia. -
Pile-up
260 car pile up in Germany -
Panda
China produces Giant Panda with Frozen sperm -
Harry Patch
Last surviving WWI veteren to have fought in the Trench dies at age 111 -
At least two people are killed and at least fifteen are wounded in a shooting attack at a building frequented by gay youths in Tel-Aviv, Israel
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One person dies of pneumonic plague and eleven of his relatives are quarantined in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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Three more men are charged with plotting a suicide attack on a military base in Australia
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Thirty-three people are reported missing following the sinking of the Princess Ashika ferry in Tonga
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Brazil returns 1.500 tonnes of syringes, condoms and dirty nappies which were sent from the United Kingdom
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A ban on samurai swords comes into effect in Ireland in an effort to reduce increasing crime rates
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British energy company BP says it has drilled one of the deepest wells ever in the oil and gas industry as it made a "giant" discovery in the Gulf of Mexico
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An Iraqi court sentences four security force personnel to death by hanging for their parts in a bank robbery which left eight security guards dead
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Lethal injection?
The death certificate of American pop star and entertainer Michael Jackson is amended to reflect his cause of death as homicide via "injection by another" -
Sixteen Somalis drown after being forced overboard into the Gulf of Aden
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Nobel Prize in Medicine
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, and Jack W. Szostak -
Idelphonse nizeyimana
arrested in Uganda for the Rawandan Genocide -
The Red Book
displayed for the first time in public -
Fake
A worldwide media circus surrounds an incident in which a six-year-old boy is alleged to be flying in a homemade hot-air balloon; the boy was later found safe at home. -
Typhoon
Typhoon Mirinae makes landfall in the Philippines. -
Typhoon part 2
At least 14 dead after Typhoon Mirinae -
2009 World Series
Yankee's defeat Phillies in Game six of the world series -
Diseny Theme Park in China
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 released
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U.S. opens first Marijuana cafe
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Whoopsies
Cocktail waitress Jaimee Grubbs provides evidence to reporters that she had an affair with golf legend Tiger Woods -
At least 50 people are missing after two ferries collide on the River Nile near Rashid in Egypt
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Does this taste funny to you?
Archaeologists discover evidence of mass cannibalism in Europe during the Neolithic period at a 7,000 year old burial site in Germany -
Seriously, who bombs schools?
At least eight people are killed, mainly children, and at least 41 others are wounded due to a school bombing in Baghdad -
You mad China?
Eight children are killed and a further 26 injured in a stampede at a school in Xiangtan, Hunan, in central China -
Drug lord arrested
Mexican police arrest alleged drug lord Carlos Beltrán Leyva in Culiacán, Sinaloa. -
Earthquakes hit the Solomon Islands
As many as 1,000 people in the Solomon Islands are reportedly homeless following the two major earthquakes and tsunami which struck the country earlier this week. -
A female suicide bomber kills 41 people and injures a further 106 in an attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad
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Rock band AC/DC win their first ever Grammy Award
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A bombing near a girls' school in Lower Dir, Pakistan kills seven, including three U.S. Marines, marking the first time U.S. soldiers are killed in that country
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At least 40 people are killed and more than 140 are wounded in at least two explosions in Karbala during the final day of Arba'een
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The New Orleans Saints defeat the Indianapolis Colts (31-17) to win Super Bowl XVIV
Drew Brees was named the game's MVP after tying a Super Bowl record by throwing 31 pass completions for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns -
Sony Malfunctions
Sony blames recent malfunctions of older PS3 "fat" models on an internal clock glitch. -
Mexico same-sex law takes affect
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Burt Ryenolds
undergoes quintuple coronary artery bypass surgery -
Pink Floyd takes legal action against EMI
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Pink Flyod wins court battle
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He Pingping
Shortest living person dies at age 21 -
Nationwide blackouts in Malta
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Apple released the iPad in the United States.
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James Hansen
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Snowfall in central Tokyo matches a record set in April 1967
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2010 NFL Draft
The St. Louis Rams select Sam Bradford with the first pick of the 2010 NFL Draft -
That is so cool!
The Pakistani military kills approximately 40 Taliban militants in a helicopter attack -
Chris Solinsky becomes the first non-African runner to break the 27 minute mark in the 10,000 meters, improving the American record by 14 seconds
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Cha-ching
Pablo Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust sells for US$106 million at Christie's in New York, becoming the most expensive work of art sold at auction -
Iraqi insurgents kill 102 and injure over 200 people, mostly Iraqi civilians, in a series of suicide bombings from Mosul to Basra in Iraq, the highest number in one day this year, and jeopardizing a planned US withdrawal
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Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 arriving from South Africa en route to London crashes at Tripoli airport, Libya, killing 104 people; a 10-year-old child is the sole survivor
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JAWS?
A fatal attack on a tourist by a "dinosaur-sized" shark off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, prompts the closure of several beaches. -
NASA
discovered that Titan has the requirments to sustain life -
Mars
evidence found large oceans once exsited on Mars -
The death toll from the Arkansas floods reaches 18
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Heavy rains claim 46 lives in India
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Got the flu for week
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United States Gov't Sued
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"Black Gold" "Texas Tea"
According to recent estimates, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has overtaken Ixtoc I in volume to become the United States' worst oceanic oil spill in recorded history -
At least 42 people are killed and at least 175 are injured in three suicide bomb explosions at the Data Darbar Sufi shrine in Lahore
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People take to the streets in Ottawa to celebrate Canada's 143rd birthday
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At least 17 civilians are killed and dozens of others are injured during fighting between the government and anti-government in Mogadishu
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How?!?
More than 230 people are killed and 200 injured after a fuel tanker overturns and explodes in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo -
Underwater river
First Underwater river in the Black Sea -
Alex Rodriguz
Becomes seventh Baseball player to hit 700 homeruns -
Gulf of Mexico Seafood Industry
Seafood Industry reopens after Gulf spill -
Caquetá Titi monkeys
250 Caqueta Titi monkeys found to have survived in Colombia -
Tiger Woods Scandel
Tiger Woods and wife file for Divorce -
At least 30 people are killed and 250 injured in three suicide bombing attacks on Shia procession in Lahore, Pakistan
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Thousands attend a funeral for the Shia Muslim suicide attack victims in Quetta as the death toll rises to 65.
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Rain, rain go away!
A state of emergency is declared in Guatemala after heavy rains and landslides kill at least 18 people -
"Burn-a-Koran-Day"
Thousands of Afghans protest in Badakhshan province over U.S. plans to hold an "International Burn-a-Koran Day", despite its cancellation. -
Chilean Independence day
Chileans celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chilean Independence Day as do the 33 miners trapped underground in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident. -
First European 3D Channel
Sky 3D, the first dedicated 3D TV channel in Europe, launches in the UK. -
Warner Bros. axes the 3D version of the next Harry Potter film.
Warner Bros. axes the 3D version of the next Harry Potter film. -
20 Chinese citizens are arrested
20 people are reported arrested in China over imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo's 2010 Nobel Peace Prize award. Liu's wife's whereabouts remain unknown after she was taken away by police with human rights group Freedom Now claiming she is in de facto house arrest. -
Reckitt Benckiser pays fine
United Kingdom consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser agrees to pay a fine of £10.2m for abusing its market position for Gaviscon in the United Kingdom -
China condemns a UN report
China condemns a United Nations report that says Chinese bullets were used in attacks on international peacekeeping forces in the Darfur region of Sudan. -
Classifed
Julian Assange of Wikileaks tells a London news conference that the 400,000 classified U.S. military documents released to the general public reveal that the Iraq War is "a bloodbath on every corner" -
Rwandan journalist is murdered
Two men are sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of a Rwandan journalist who had allegedly uncovered evidence that the Rwandan government was behind the attempted murder of an ex-army general. -
US bans flights to and from Yemen
The US, UK, France and Germany ban all air freight from Yemen at their respective countries' airports following the discovery of two explosive packages. -
Package burst into flames at a Bologana airport
A package addressed to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi bursts into flames at Bologna Airport during a police inspection. -
Rwandan extradition
A French court orders the extradition of Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana to stand trial at the International Criminal Court. -
North Korea unveils a new uranium enrichment plant.
North Korea unveils a new uranium enrichment plant. -
The Queen goes viral
Queen Elizabeth II starts a Facebook page but one is not permitted to "poke" or "befriend" her. -
3 in one week
A third explosion within a week occurs at the Pike River Mine on the South Island of New Zealand, where 29 men are presumed dead. -
pentobarbital exicution
Oklahoma becomes the first U.S. state to carry out an execution with pentobarbital, a lethal injection drug used for euthanizing animals. -
President Hugo Chávez
The Venezuelan parliament temporarily grants more powers to President Hugo Chávez in the wake of recent flooding, allowing him to pass laws by decree without the support of the National Assembly -
Toyota pays US $32.4 million
Toyota agrees to pay the US government $32.4 million over its handling of car recalls in 2010 where over 10 million cars were recalled worldwide, over 14 separate recalls. -
A bomb explodes outside a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt, killing at least 21 people and wounding 97 more; street disturbances between Christians and Muslims ensue. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service announces that, due to the late passage of the extension of the Bush tax cuts and other itemizations, up to 50 million Americans will not be able to file their 2010 tax returns until mid-February
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A further 35 officers in Bangladesh are sentenced over their involvement in a mutiny in February 2009.
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Clarence House confirms that Prince William and Catherine Middleton will be married by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.
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Protesters plan a "million-man march" on President Hosni Mubarak's presidential palace in Cairo starting at Tahrir Square. (Voice of America) (Al Jazeera)
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The Australian state of Queensland evacuates off-shore islands and low-lying parts of North Queensland ahead of Cyclone Yasi which is expected to hit the state as a Category 4 tropical cyclone late on Wednesday or early Thursday.
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Fourteen job seekers traveling home on the rooftop of an overcrowded train, are killed when they hit a low overhead bridge in northern India
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Two people are killed and 223 injured in Beijing as a result of fireworks set off on the first day of the Chinese New Year
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Two people are killed and 223 injured in Beijing as a result of fireworks set off on the first day of the Chinese New Year
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American actor Charlie Sheen loses custody of his two sons Bob and Max following claims by their mother Brooke Mueller that he made threats of domestic violence
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Around 40 fishermen in Zambia are feared dead after their boat capsized in a storm on Lake Mweru
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Soccer player Luis Moreno, a defender for Deportivo Pereira in the Colombian League is suspended for two matches and given a $560 fine for kicking an owl causing its death
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A series of attacks in the Sudanese border town of Abyei kills more than 100 people in the past week
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The United Nations says world food prices are at their highest for 20 years
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The 5th Generation of the Pokemon series is released
Unova, the new region introduced in this generation, is known to be far away from the regions of previous generations. Unlike the past four, Unova is based on an area outside of Japan, drawing inspiration from the New York City metropolitan area. -
10 people are swept away in an avalanche in the southwestern Swiss Alps; with three reported deaths
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The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that the number of traffic deaths has fallen to 32,788 in 2010, the lowest level since 1949
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The India cricket team wins the 2011 Cricket World Cup, defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets
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Oh Yeah TSwift <3
Taylor Swift wins the Entertainer of the Year award at the Academy of Country Music Awards 2010 -
At least 40 people are dead and 100 injured following a Taliban suicide bomb on a Sufi Muslim shrine in Pakistan
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'Cause we're THE BEST around...
President of the United States Barack Obama announces in a special TV broadcast that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant Islamist group Al-Qaeda and the most-wanted fugitive on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, was killed during an American military operation in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, Pakistan and that his body is in U.S. custody -
The Memory Unit of the Flight Data Recorder from Air France 447 is recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, nearly two years after the jet crashed
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At least 106 people disappear after a boat capsizes on the Kasai River in Kasai-Occidental
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Thousands of people gather at Ground Zero of the September 11 attacks in New York to celebrate the news that Osama Bin Laden has been killed
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Bin Laden's body, which was handled in accordance with Islamic practice and tradition, is buried by the U.S. forces at sea less than a day after his death, thus preventing a burial site from becoming a "terrorist shrine"
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Total Luner Eclipse
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Ryan Dunn, star of MTV's Jackass is killed early in the morning of June 20th in a car accident
On June 20, 2011, at around 2:30 a.m. EDT, Dunn and Zachary Hartwell, a production assistant on Jackass Number Two, were killed when Dunn's Porsche 911 GT3 veered off the road and hit a tree in West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania -
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American actor, best known for his role as Lt. Frank Columbo in the television series Columbo.
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Collage World Series
South Caoline Wins in game two agiant Flordia -
3 coal miners are killed and 40 others are trapped in separate incidents in the People's Republic of China
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A tourist boat sinks in the Sea of Cortez off the coast of Baja California in Mexico with 23 people missing
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At least 5 people are killed and at least 10 others are wounded in a bomb attack on a bar in Maiduguri, Nigeria. It follows a bomb that killed 25 people this day last week
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J. K. Rowling leaves her agent Christopher Little after 15 years
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How?!?
One person is killed and 29 injured in an escalator malfunction on the Beijing Subway at Beijing Zoo Station -
The Italian news agency Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata reports that 25 refugees have been found dead in a boat off the coast of Lampedusa.
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French and Ugandan scientists discover a 20-million year-old skull of a tree-climbing ape in the Karamoja region of Uganda
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Ten people die as a Bell 412 helicopter crashes in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province
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A bus in Ivory Coast plunges into the capital Abidjan's lagoon, killing 12 people
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A passenger train derails at Baby, Piotrków County, Poland. One passenger is killed and 45 are injured
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The remains of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly are found in the former HM Prison Pentridge in Melbourne, Victoria
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The Jamaican 4x100-meter relay team of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt sets a new world record
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The MV Spice Islander I, a passenger ferry, sinks off the coast of Zanzibar, leaving at least 187 people dead
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Memorial ceremonies are held at New York's Ground Zero and elsewhere in the United States, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Ceremonies are also held worldwide to mark the anniversary of the attacks
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The National September 11 Memorial, located on the site of the former World Trade Center, opens in New York City
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In horseracing, Danedream wins the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with speed record 2:24.49, becoming the second German horse winner since 1975
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US golfer Tiger Woods drops out of the top 50 in the world ranking for the first time in nearly 15 years, ending a streak of 778 consecutive weeks inside the top 50, dating to when Woods was No. 61 on October 13, 1996
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Cofounder of Apple Steve Jobs dies at the age of 56
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Vietnam's Mekong River delta suffers its worst flooding in a decade, with 43 people killed and 70,000 homes destroyed
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Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi dies at the age of 69
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Eight people are killed and dozens injured after a freight train collides with a bus at a level crossing in central Argentina
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Former world champion boxer Joe Frazier dies of liver cancer
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Skyrim
Bethesda releases The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as a sequel to the 2008 Game of the Year Oblivion. Skyrim won over 120 Game of the Year awards. This was Bethesda's 3rd consecutive game to win Game of the Year. The 2006 ‘Game of the Year’, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and the 2008 ‘Game of the Year’, Fallout 3 were the other 2 games -
mass shooting in texas takes place, 4 children die, all under 5 years old
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One person dies and 16 others are injured in three separate chain-reaction crashes involving 176 cars in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 becomes the fastest selling entertainment product of all time passing $1bn in sales in 16 days
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Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea dies
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Health authorities in Hong Kong start slaughtering 17,000 chickens after a carcass infected with bird flu H5N1 is found at a poultry market
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India-Pakistan Conflict
India and Pakistan give each other list of nuclear sites -
2012 BCS
Alabama defeats LSU 21-0 -
Amateur
new Neptune-sized exoplanet is discovered by an amateur astronomer in Peterborough, England -
Joe Pa
Joe Paterno in grave condition -
Joe Pa
Joe Paterno dies of complications from lung cancer -
Super Bowl XLVI
Giant defeat the Patriots 21-17 -
Detroit Red Wings
set new record of 21 consecutive home games -
Gary Cater
MLB Hall of Famer dies at 57 due to Brain Cancer -
Plant Regen
Scientists report regenerating specimens of Silene stenophylla from a 31,800 year old piece of fruit, greatly surpassing the previous record for oldest plant sucessfully regenerated -
WHO
India no longer on list of Polio epidemic countries -
MLB Playoff expansion
playoff's expanded to ten teams -
App Store
Apple App Store passes 25 billion downloads -
The Lorax
brings in US$70.7M during its opening weekend, the highest opener of 2012, and fifth highest total for an animated film ever. -
Encyclopaedia Britannica
announces that it will no longer be producing printed versions but continuing online editions -
John Carter
records one of the biggest losses in cinema history, forcing Disney to take a $200 million writedown -
2012 NCAA Men's Basketbal
Kentucky Wildcats beat Kansas Jayhawks -
US Masters
Bubba Watson wins US Masters -
Razorbacks
University of Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino is fired because of misconduct involving an inappropriate relationship with a female employee -
Tom Benson
Tom Benson, owner of the Saints, agrees to buy the New Orleans Hornets from the National Basketball Association for an estimated $338 million -
Warren Buffet
Admits he has Prostate Cancer -
Junior Seau
Former National Football League All-Pro and future Hall of Fame linebacker Junior Seau is found dead in his home in Oceanside, California, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound -
Adam Yauch
Adam Yauch, founding member of the influential hip hop group the Beastie Boys, dies aged 47 -
The Avengers
Marvel's The Avengers is released in the United States -
Super Moon
A super moon is formed as the moon gets closest to the earth for the year -
Sleeping Girl
Sleeping Girl, a picture by American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, sells at auction for US$44.9 million, setting a new record for a Lichtenstein artwork
