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Four soldiers of the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division from Fort Cason, CO are charged in the drowning death of an Iraqi man forced to jump off a bridge in Samarra. |
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Hollywood Screen Legend Marlon Brando dies at UCLA Medical Center at the age of 80. His roles included Stanely Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire, " Terry Malone in "On the Waterfront," Colonel Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now," and Don Vito Corleone in "The Godfather." |
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Following U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to Sudan, Kofi Annan received a first-hand look at the crisis engulfing Sudan's Darfur region. |
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Insurgents launch a series of rocket strikes in Baghdad, hitting two hotel compounds used by Westerners and doing minor damage. |
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The U.S. Labor Department announces that 112,000 jobs were created June, less than half of forecasts. The unemployment rate remains flat at 5.6%. |
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The Asharq al-Awsat newspaper receives a statement from the "Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri (Al Qaeda)," warning European nations that they have only two weeks to withdraw troops from Iraq or face consequences. |
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Apple Computer (AAPL) announces plans for its next-generation iMac desktop computer, but says it won't ship until September, missing its original internal schedule. |
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The U.S. Department of State warns American citizens to defer travel to Bahrain and for those currently in Bahrain to consider departing based on credible threats received. |
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The U.S. Commerce Department announces that U.S. Factory Orders have fallen for the second straight month. The 0.3%drop in orders placed with U.S. factories came after a larger 1.1% decline in April. |
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Both religious leaders and civil libertarians criticize the Bush-Cheney campaign for directing volunteers to send church directories to state campaign committees. |
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Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun meets with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in Jakarta, Indonesia. Paek rejects a U.S. requirement that his country show a serious commitment to disarmament before it can receive economic benefits from Washington. |
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The Coalition Press Information Center in Baghdad announces that the 16 122-mm rocket rounds found by Polish troops "were all empty and tested negative for any type of chemicals." This is contrary to the initial report released by FOX News. |
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Refugees at a camp in eastern Chad tell visiting Kofi Annan of "gross and systematic" abuses of human rights by the Janjaweed. |
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Vancouver is declared to be the Host City for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010. |
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American Steve Fossett flies solo around the world in a hot air balloon named "Bud Light Spirit of Freedom." |
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Charon, a satellite of the planet Pluto, is discovered by astronomer James Christy using photographic plates. |
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James R. Schlesinger is sworn in as the 12th United States Secretary of Defense. |
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U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law. |
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An object crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, and the United States Air Force claims it to be a weather balloon. Speculation regarding UFO's and alien intelligence begins. |
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After departing New Guinea, Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear near Howland Island during her second attemot at an around the world flight. |
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President Roosevelt appoints Joe Kennedy Sr. to be chairman of the new Securities and Exchange Commission, charged with regulating the manipulation of stock prices that Kennedy had actually mastered decades earlier. |
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Nearly 400 die in a New York Heat Wave. |
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First flight of a Zeppelin Airship. The German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin piloted his LZ-1 airship on its maiden voyage today. |
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U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-trust Act and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. |
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Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from infection on September 19, 1881. |
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The Russian Army invades Moldavia and Wallachia, semi-autonomous vassals of the Ottoman Empire. Thus begins the Crimean War. |
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Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, Joseph Cinqué leads 53 rebel African slaves to take over the slave ship Amistad. |
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While a prisoner in the Bastille, the Marquis de Sade shouts out of his cell to the crowd outside, "They are killing the prisoners here!" A small riot begins. |
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Marine Captains Matthew Parke and Edward Arrowsmith recruit men to man the Continental Navy sloop Ranger using Drum, Fife, and Colors. They recruit 21 men in Providence, RI. |
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Vermont becomes the first U.S. state to abolish slavery. |
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British Parliament approves the Townshed Acts, proposed by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend to be importation duties on glass, paint, paper and tea. |
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Admiral Olivier van Noort departs Rotterdam with a squadron of four ships. His intention is to sail through the Magellan Strait, to the Dutch East Indies, and on around the world. |
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Martin Frobisher's third expedition reaches Baffin Island. |
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