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At approximately 0600Z in al-Souaira, insurgents use rocket propelled grenades to attack a convoy of three trucks hauling Kia cars destined for Iraq's Ministry of the Interior. The vehicles are destroyed and the drivers are kidnapped. The town of al-Souaira is located about 60 km southeast of Baghd ... |
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At 1320Z, Iraqi insurgents use a roadside bomb to kill one US Soldier and wound two others north of the Iraqi capital. The two wounded soldiers are reported as having been taken to a military hospital for treatment. To date, the total number of American troops killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom is 1 ... |
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Ignoring lessons learned in the early 20th century with regard to "Arabia", US Vice President Dick Cheney maintains that "This is going to be Iraq. It's going to be written by the Iraqis, for the Iraqis, implemented and executed by them." In the early 20th century, Britain and France created natio ... |
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The Republican Governor of Ohio, Bob Taft, signs Ohio's Defense of Marriage Act denying recognition of same-sex marriages, civil unions or domestic partner agreements performed in other states. It also outlaws same-sex marriage within the state and forbids state benefits from being extended to gay a ... |
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A spokesman for North Korea tells a British daily newspaper that North Korea could launch a pre-emptive strike against U.S. forces rather than wait for an American attack after a war with Iraq. |
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Bureaucratic structures and processes repeatedly lead to group-think disasters. It is our hope that all managers will recognize the weak points of human nature and engineer them out of these processes using Group Decision Support Systems. This will eliminate the process of "muddling through" disorg ... |
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Ariel Sharon, Likud Party leader, wins Israeli elections for Prime Minister. |
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Washington National Airport in Washington, DC is renamed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. |
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José Maria Figueres elected President of Costa Rica. |
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U.S. House of Representatives begins determining the grounds for impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon. |
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MACV, the American Military Assistance Command Vietnam is formed in Saigon. |
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Radio commentator Paul Harvey is arrested for trying to sneak into the Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago IL in an attempt to demonstrate lax security.
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The Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder.
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The Italian 10th army is destroyed in the Battle of Beda Fomm.
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The board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the first time. |
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The 20th Amendment goes into effect; Presidential term begins in January instead of March. |
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US, UK, France, Italy & Japan all sign the Washington naval arms limitation. |
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Future U.S. President Ronald Reagan is born in Tampico, Illinois, the second of two sons to itinerant shoe salesman Jack Reagan and his wife Nelle Wilson. |
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The Russo-Japanese War officially starts betwen Russia and Japan. |
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Battle at Vaalkrans, South-Africa in which the Boers and British army clash.
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Ulysses S. Grant takes Fort Henry in Tennessee. |
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The USS Conestago and the CSS Appleton Belle engage on the Tennessee River. |
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Americans and France complete the Treaty of Alliance. |
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College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA, is granted a Royal Charter. |
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