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Hezbollah guerrillas fire the largest number of rockets to date into Israel as thousands of Israeli troops seek to establish a buffer zone under their control. |
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German chancellor Gerhard Schröder acknowledges the "immeasurable suffering" inflicted by Nazi troops on Poland at a ceremony yesterday to mark the 60th anniversary of the failed Warsaw uprising, which ended in the slaughter of more than 200,000 civilians. |
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A U.S. intelligence official announces that a previously unannounced arrest of 25-year-old computer expert Muhammad Naeem Moor Khan on July 13 in Pakistan yielded a "treasure trove" of evidence that detailed potential attacks against financial targets in New York; Newark, New Jersey; and Washington. |
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President Bush announces that he is asking Congress to create the position of a national intelligence director to serve as his principal intelligence adviser. Under the reorganization, the CIA will be managed by a separate director, he said. "The national intelligence director will assume the broad ... |
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At least six U.S. military vehicles entered the Zahra area in the Iraqi city of Kufa near Moqtada al-Sadr's house. Al-Sadr's house is protected by his militia, the Mahdi Army, and heavy gunfire and a mortar barrage set cars on fire before Iraqi police intervened and the U.S. forces withdrew. One w ... |
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Democratic Presidential hopeful John F. Kerry gets only a small bounce following the Democratic National Convention held in Boston, Massachusetts the previous week. |
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The Statue of Liberty is reopened to tourists for the first time since the 9/11 attacks. Hundreds of visitors return inspite of new warnings of terrorist threats that later prove to be of questionable urgency. |
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A B-29 "Superfortress" bomber, missing for over 50 years in Lake Mead, is located by Gregg Mikolasek. |
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The US House of Representatives passes an energy bill that will include drilling in the ANWR region of Alaska. In March of the following year, the US Senate will reject the proposal to open ANWR for oil exploration. |
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Iraq invades Kuwait. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) issues Resolution 660 which condemns the action and calls for full withdrawal.
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The fastener Velcro is patented. It was invented in 1948 by Swiss Engineer George de Mestral after observing the sticky nature of seed pods on his dog's fur. |
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Albert Einstein writes a letter to FDR regarding the use of Uranium for construction of powerful bombs and Germany's control over Czech mines. |
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German President Paul von Hindenburg dies. |
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A Sopwith Pup lands on the deck of the HMS Furious, which was steaming at 26 knots into a 21 knot wind. |
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German forces following the "Shlieffen Plan" invade Luxembourg. |
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Italy announces that it will remain neutral, in spite of its 1882 inclusion in the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary. The Triple Alliance was an agreement that the three countries would support each other if either was attacked by France or Russia. |
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The US Army places a definite order for a Wright biplane. |
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The world's first underground tube subway opens in London. |
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The Battle of the Nile between French and British navies ends with Admiral Horatio Nelson's defeat of the French fleet commanded by Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers. |
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Using tactics of encirclement, Carthaginian leader Hannibal destroys a much larger Roman army at the Battle of Cannae. |
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