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In July 1994, the planet was pelted by the comet with 21 large fragments over the course of 6 days, creating 2000 mile high fireballs and leaving black bruises in the clouds of the planet.
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168 people were killed in the bombing of a federal building in Oaklahoma City. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were charged and convicted in this case. For their roles in the bombing Terry Nichols received a life sentence and Timothy McVey was sentenced to death.
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TWA Flight 800 explodes over Long Island on July 17 of 1996. In total, 230 people were killed.
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Green Bay Packers beat New England Patriots, 35-21 in Pasadena, California.
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President Bill Clinton says, "I want to say one thing to the American people I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"
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Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School located in Jefferson County, Colorado.
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The first semi-sonic passenger plane, the Concord, crashes near Paris and kills 113 passengers.
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Terrorists Attacks took place early in the morning. 2 hijacked planes smashed into the World Trade Centers. Killing Thousands.
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U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins. The invasion ends on March 19. In total, more than 500 Taliban and Al Qeada fighters were killed. 11 soldiers were killed as well.
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Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
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Deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has been captured near his home town of Tikrit
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Halo 2, a first person shooter, first released on Xbox by Bungie Studios. Halo was the begining of 1st person shooter video games as we know it.
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Lance Armstrong retires after winning his seventh consecutive Tour de France.
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Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging, after being found guilty of crimes against humanity for the murder of 148 Iraqi Shi'ite in the town of Dujail in 1982, in retaliation for an assassination attempt against him.
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The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne
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Almost 10 years after 9/11, Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the attack, was hunted down and killed by a team of Navy SEALS.
