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OJ Simpson is found innocent
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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One of the worst blizzards in American history
The “Blizzard of 1996” hits the eastern states, killing more than 100 people.
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Preident Clinton Announces The 1998 Budget Surplus
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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Columbine High School Shooting
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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9/11
al-Qaeda Terrorists attack the United States using hijacked passenger aircraft to bring down the Twin Towers.
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George Bush creates the Department of Homeland Security
in the fight against terrorism, President Bush signed Homeland Security Presidential Directive 3,. -
Hurricane Jeanne killed over 3,000, most in Haiti.
Flash floods swept through entire villages, carrying away hundreds of people.
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Michael Jackson is found not guilty of Child Molestation Charges.
acquitted of all charges related to allegations that he molested a boy who spent time at his Neverland ranch.
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The Serial Shooter killers ( Dale S. Hausner and Samuel John Dieteman ) are caught and charged for the drive by murders of eight people in Phoenix, Arizona
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A student on Virginia Tech Campus goes on a killing spree
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 US government gives the OK to the production and marketing of foods derived from cloned animals
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 is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States
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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The US increases the number of troops stationed in Afghanistan
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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underwater earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 hits off the coast of Japan, causing a tsunami
in earthquake of 9.0 magnitude hits japan then causeing a tsunami about 15,883 deaths.
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Aurora Theater Shooting
James Eagan Holmes shoots up a movie theater in Aurora during the midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises.
