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Army Sgt. Donald Griffith Jr., 29, dies in Tal Afar, Iraq protecting his fellow soldiers during a suicide bombing. |
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London newspaper receives email claiming Al Qaeda responsibility for Madrid Train Attacks. |
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American Susan Lindauer is arrested in Maryland on charges of spying for Iraq |
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A morning rush-hour terror strike at Madrid train stations kill 186 and wound 1,400 |
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U.S. House passes Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 |
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Anthony Romeo and 16 other students sue Seton Hall University for violating the New Jersey state sexual orientation anti-discrimination law and the university's own policies. It had denied the formation of an LGBT student organization. |
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U.S. Department of Defense announced the plan to close 31 major military bases, 7 in California. |
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Mikhail Gorbachev, at age 54, is elected General Secretary of the Communist Party |
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FDR signs the Lend-Lease Act, allows Britain to use US Military Equipment without paying for it. |
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Jimmy Doolittle is commissioned a second lieutenant in the Signal Corps' Aviation Section. |
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The city of Baghdad falls to British general Sir Frederick Maude. |
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An epidemic of the plague breaks out in Jaffa while Napoleon is present. |
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Napoleon Bonaparte leaves to command Le Armie d'Italie. |
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March 11