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Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer is appointed as a new president for the interim government in Iraq, a largely ceremonial post. The Iraqi governing council decides to dissolve immediately after this appointment. |
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Crude oil futures in New York rose to a record $42.45 a barrel amid concerns about the oil flow from Saudi Arabia following a terror attack and hostage taking standoff in the oil-rich country by Islamic militants that left 22 people dead. |
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In a speech that is part of a series designed to explain his national security policies, Democratic Presidential candidate John F. Kerry reveals a "layered strategy" to stop the nuclear spread and prevent it from reaching the hands of terrorists. |
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CBS parent Viacom announces that Mel Karmazin has unexpectedly resigned as the No. 2 executive behind Sumner Redstone. The board names MTV boss Tom Freston and CBS leader Leslie Moonves to share the jobs Karmazin held as co-presidents and co-chief operating officers, effective immediately. Karmazi ... |
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The world's second largest chip maker, Advanced Micro Devices, launches its four new processors based on the Athlon 64 architecture at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan. The new models include the 3500+, 3700+, 3800+, and FX-53 |
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At least 34 people are reported killed in a rebellion by drug gang members at a prison in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 62-hour revolt began when inmates seized weapons attempted to stage a mass jailbreak on Saturday morning. |
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In a move to compete with IBM, Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) announces that it's servers will support open-source software products JBoss MySQL. JBoss provides a Java-based application server software and MySQL is the most popular open spurce database management system. |
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A car bomb explodes near the Baghdad office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, a Kurdish political party in Northern Iraq. The blast kills 15 and wounding 10. The attack follows the appointment of a new Iraqi cabinet by the U.N and The U.S led Coalition Provisional Authority. |
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U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton permanently blocks the Bush administration from enforcing the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act against Planned Parenthood Federation of America clinics and their doctors. "The act poses an undue burden on a woman's right to choose an abortion," Hamilton wrote in he ... |
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The Associate Press reveals that Maj. Gen. Donald Ryder delivered a report on 5-Nov-2003 that the U.S. was in violation of the Geneva Convention with regard to the way it collocated prisoners of war with criminals. "Due to operational limitations, facility limitations and force protection issues, t ... |
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NASA chief Sean O'Keefe announces that the space agency is seeking proposals for robotic missions to save the Hubble Space Telescope. |
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Democrat Stephanie Herseth, a South Dakota attorney, defeated Larry Diedrich, a former state lawmaker, in a special election to fill the unexpired term of Republican Congressman Bill Janklow who resigned over a deadly auto accident. |
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CBS Evening News with Dan Rather broadcasts various conversations between Enron traders that demonstrate the culture of corruption prevalent during Enron's 2001 manipulation of California's electricity shortage. |
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In a drunken shooting spree at the Royal Palace of Nepal, Crown Prince Dipendra kills his father King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and other family members. He then wounds himself and will die a few days later. |
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Former CIA agent Philp Agee's book, On The Run, is published. |
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Bantam Dell Publishing Group publishes Bill Cosby's book Fatherhood. |
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The Cable News Network, founded by Ted Turner, begins broadcasting 24-hour news coverage from Atlanta, GA. |
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George W. Bush forms his own oil drilling company, Arbusto Energy, in Midland, Texas. Friend and neighbor, James R. Bath funnels money from Osama bin Laden's brother, Salem bin Laden, according to The Wall Street Journal. |
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The Royal Air Force bombs German facilities for manufacturing radar devices at Friedrichshafen. |
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The first Superman comic is published in Action Comics. He is the modified creation of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. |
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The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns. |
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The British frigate Shannon captures U.S. frigate Chesapeake. |
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Tennessee is admitted to the Union as the 16th state, it is created by taking the north and south borders of North Carolina and extending them with only one small deviation to the Mississippi River. |
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After being part of Virginia, Kentucky delegates accept Virginia's terms for separation, and after the state constitution is drafted, Kentucky becomes the fifteenth state in the union and Isaac Shelby, a Revolutionary War hero, is named the first Governor of the Commonwealth Of Kentucky. |
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Thomas Jefferson is elected governor of Virginia. |
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A new version of the 1765 Quartering Act is enacted by the English Parliament requiring all of the American colonies to provide housing for British troops in occupied houses and taverns and in unoccupied buildings |
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The Boston Port Bill goes into effect, which closes Boston Harbor until reparations were made for the tea that had been destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. |
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William Pitt becomes Secretary of State. His strategy is to attack French possessions around the world, including those in India, N. America, and the West Indies. |
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