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The Tagish Lake meteorite hit Earth.
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A 6.6 earthquake hit El Salvador and killed at least 400 people.
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Spain decided to make euros their official currency instead of peseta.
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In Beijing all schools are closed for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
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Cell phones are banned from North Korea.
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In the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 3 bombs explode and kill 88 people.
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Hurricane Katrina came into South Eastern part of the United States.
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Twenty three people died in a maglev train crash in Germany.
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Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner becomes Argentina’s first female president.
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At the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, 4 people died and 6 were hurt because of an explosion.
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Rod Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois got arrested for many crimes.
