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Arab Janjaweed militias burn villages and murder and rape of civilians, prompting at least 10,000 new refugees to stream into Chad. |
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The American Taliban fighter, John Walker Lindh, is captured by US forces and interviewed by CNN |
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Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islamic state. |
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John Kerry receives an injury during his first combat experience. He is treated for a small piece of shrapnel lodged in his arm and is immediately returned to duty. |
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The first commercial central electric-generating station in the United States to use nuclear energy was the Shippingport Atomic Power Station of the Department of Energy and the Duquesne Light Company. Power is generated on this date in 1957 for the first time, but the plant doesn't officially open ... |
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After launching from a base in Mexico, Fidel Castro and the 82 members of his 26th of July Movement land on the coast of Cuba's Oriente Province and initiate an attack on the Batista regime. Most are killed or captured, but 12 survivors including Casto, his brother Raul, and Che Guevara escape to t ... |
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French General Charles De Gaulle arrives in Moscow. |
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The US 95th Infantry Division, having entered Germany on the 28th of November, occupies the Saar bridge. |
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Joe Kennedy Sr. officially resigns as ambassador to Great Britain |
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Alexander Haig is born. |
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Germans attempt to cross Yser on rafts, south of Dixmude but are decisively repulsed. |
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The New Emperor of China is a boy not yet three years of age. Pu Yi ascends the throne following mysterious deaths of both the emperor and Dowager Empress Tzu His. |
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Manchu Dynasty heir Hsuan Tung comes to power as the Emperor of China at the age of three. |
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Napoleon defeats combined Russian and Austrian armies in the Battle of Austerlitz. |
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Napoleon crowns himself as Emperor of the French |
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