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Former American football star OJ Simpson was found not guilty of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman.
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The “Blizzard of 1996” hits the eastern states, killing more than 100 people.
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Instead Of A $357 Billion Deficit, We Have A $70 Billion Surplus, Reaching a surplus in 1998 marks the sixth consecutive year of improved fiscal balance.
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Two students go through Columbine High School in Denver, Colorado, firing guns and throwing homemade bombs killing 13 people and wounded 24 others.
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al-Qaeda Terrorists attack the United States using hijacked passenger aircraft to bring down the Twin Towers.
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in the fight against terrorism, President Bush signed Homeland Security Presidential Directive 3,.
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Flash floods swept through entire villages, carrying away hundreds of people.
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acquitted of all charges related to allegations that he molested a boy who spent time at his Neverland ranch.
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killing team in Arizona known as The Serial Shooter killed eight people and also several cases of animal cruelty
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Student Cho Seung Hui goes on a killing spree at Virginia Tech killing 32 students before taking his own life.
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the Food and Drug Administration ruled that meat and milk from cloned pigs, cattle and goats and their offspring is safe.
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Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States and pledged to "begin again the work of remaking America."
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President Barack Obama has approved a significant troop increase for Afghanistan hoping to squash the Taliban and Alkida Terrorist groups that operate from and in the country.
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in earthquake of 9.0 magnitude hits japan then causeing a tsunami about 15,883 deaths.
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James Eagan Holmes shoots up a movie theater in Aurora during the midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises.
