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Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away).
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7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan (5,372 die)
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At 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, a 5,000-pound bomb, hidden inside a Ryder truck, exploded just outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The explosion caused massive damage to the building and killed 168 people, 19 of whom were children.
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The Ebola virus kills 244 Africans in Kikwit, Zaire in Central Africa.
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Although the 1995 criminal trial of O. J. Simpson for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman has been called a "a great trash novel come to life," no one can deny the pull it had on the American public.
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The British and Irish established a power sharing agreement in Northern Ireland. It was a major development in the peace process.
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Violent leftist anti-trade protesters descended upon Seattle, Washington to riot and voice their concerns at a World Trade Organization meeting. The event witnessed the largest anti-globalization protests to date and the rioting overshadowed the conference.
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At 9:03 a.m., on 9/11, terrorists crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the World Trade Center’s South Tower.
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Of the many crowning achievements in African-American history, it is possible that no memory was as galvanizing as the election of Barack Obama.
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Osama bin Laden was an enemy of civilized humanity. He lived for his self-perceived purpose of destroying peaceful relations between cultures, and the annihilation of democracy.
