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The US had a gonvernment shutdown due to the conflict between President Clinton and congress over funding for Medicare, education, the environment, and pulic health
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In early January 1996, a record blizzard shut down the Northeast with big snowfall totals. Up to 2 feet fell in Washington and New York, while downtown Philadelphia saw almost 3 feet. Up to 40 inches of snow fell in the mountains of West Virginia. The Northeast was shut down for several days as two more storms would come.
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President blocks ban on late-term abortions
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US Military barracks destroyed in Saudia Arabia.
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747 airliner crashes in Atantic off of Long Island, NY.The aircraft was on a flight from JFK airport in New York to Paris and had a catastrophic in flight breakup shortly after departure. All 18 crew and 212 passengers perishe
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Bryan Gonzalez, the soon to be most likeeable child in the universe has entered the world. Born in Clinica Javier Prado in Lima, Peru at 5:43 a.m.
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Rapper Tupac Shakur Is Gunned Down.
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Bryan's father buys a Nintendo 64 and begins Bryan's career as a gamer.
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Clinton appoints Madeleine Albright as first female US secretary of state.
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The Oakland, California School board elects to recognize black english, termed Ebonics as a separate language.
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President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
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Michael Jackson receives the Artist of the Century award at the American music awards
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NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
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U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.
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Tiger Woods becomes the third golfer to win The Masters in two consecutive years
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Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
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The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.
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The dollar sank against the euro for the first time in more than two years
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Family moves to Lancaster Pennsylvania form Peru.
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Bryan begins his first day in an American school.
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Nebraska bans electric chair as sole execution method.
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In Belgrade, about 150,000 people participated in a demonstration against Kosovo's independence. A small group of protesters attacked the US embassy.
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Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000.00 an ounce for the first time.
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California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
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New Jersey officially apologizes for slavery, becoming the first Northern state to do so.
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Travel to peru for vacation
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The final home game is played at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles.
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The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 of the 2008 World Series to become champions of Major League Baseball.
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Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States
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Xbox 360 given as Christmas present. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!.
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Hunger Gaes the Movie is released
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History with Mr. Baker
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Hurricane Sandy hit east coast and alot of money was used to help rebuild destroyed areas.
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Halo 4 was released. Halo 4 was created by 343 ndustries instead of Bungie.
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Halo 4 is released.
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Obama re-elected
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Amount of troops in Afghanistan is reduced.
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NOrth Korea aims at US with nuclear warheads.
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History Final