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Mississippi and Missouri Flooded
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On June 17th, OJ fled from the police which ended up at his mansion where he surrendered.
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168 people were killed in the bombing of a federal building in Oaklahoma City.
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Killing all aboard.
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Dolly the cloned sheep was cloned by scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland.
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President held a press conference to admit to having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky
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two students go on a shooting rampage in Columbine High School. They kill 12 students, 1 teacher and themselves.
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U.S. sailors on Navy destroyer Cole die in Yemen terrorist explosion.
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2 planes flew into the twin towers another in the pentagon and one more crashed in a field
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U.S. and Afghan troops launch Operation Anaconda against remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
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U.S. and Britain launch war against Iraq.
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U.S. troops attack on Falluja, stronghold of the Iraqi insurgency
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London hit by Islamic terrorist bombings, killing 52 and wounding about 700. It is Britain's worst attack since World War II.
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Saddam Hussein is convicted of crimes against humanity by an Iraqi court (Nov. 5), and hanged in Baghdad
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The U.S. begins its "surge" of some 30,000 troops to Iraq to stem increasingly deadly attacks by insurgents and militias
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Three men wearing ski masks steal four pieces of artwork from the Zurich Museum in one of the largest art robberies in history. In broad daylight, the robbers took a Cezanne, a Degas, a van Gogh, and a Monet, with a combined worth of $163 million
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Dec. 18: President Barack Obama announces that the U.S., China, India, Brazil, and South Africa have reached an agreement to combat global warming.
