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US forces clash with gunmen Shindand Airfield in Herat province in western afhganistan. An Afghani civilian is killed immediately and one US soldier is wounded and dies a short time later at the airfield. The fatality marks the 117th US soldier lost in Operation Enduring Freedom. |
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ISM Manufacturing Index for Dec 2003 at 63.4; Nov was 61.3. |
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North Carolina Senator John Edwards announces his exploratory committee for a run for the U.S. presidency in 2004. He declares his intention "to be a champion for regular people." |
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A Pakistani jeweler announces that the FBI is using his photograph as one of the 5 men who slipped into the United States from Canada on Christmas eve. |
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Airbus establishes Airbus Military S.A.S. as a separate company to develop a turboprop powered military transport aircraft, called the Airbus Military A400M, as a replacement for the C-130 Hercules. |
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U.S. President George Bush announces that some areas of the U.S. are in recession. |
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Troops under President Habré of Chad conquer the Fada oasis. |
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Secretary of the Interior William Clark resigns. |
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US President Richard M. Nixon signs a bill to lower the US speed limit to 55 MPH, thus conserving gasoline during the 1973 energy crisis. |
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US population reaches 205,052,174. |
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Martin Luther King Jr. begins a drive to register African-American voters . |
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John F. Kennedy announces his democractic candidacy for president of the United States. |
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Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines |
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Jimmy Doolittle is promoted to lieutenant colonel and sent to Headquarters Army Air Force to plan the first aerial raid on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
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First anti-aircraft defense set up at Mitchell Field. |
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US troops leave Nicaragua
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The Palmer Raids occur in which 10,000 U.S. union & socialist organizers are arrested. |
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Russian garrison at Port Arthur surrenders to the Japanese. |
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Brigham Young arrested on the charge of Bigamy. |
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Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the U.S. constitution. |
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Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors. |
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The last Moorish stronghold in Spain, Granada, is captured by Spanish forces under Ferdinand and Isabella. Granada is then incorporated with Castile. |
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