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Coordinated bomb attacks on Shiites in Karbala, Baghdad, and Pakistan. |
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U.S. Soldier Killed in Baghdad By Insurgent Grenade Attack on Humvee |
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Attorney General John Ashcroft Charges World Com's Bernie Ebbers |
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Central African Republic Ministers calls on Aristide to refrain from Accusations |
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US Senate votes to extend assault weapons ban for 10 more years. |
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Gateway Corporation announces plans to cut 1000 more jobs. |
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Doubleclick announces acquisition of SmartPath. |
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Cablevision reports a net loss in spite of 12% revenue increase. Federal investigation continues. |
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Bernie Ebbers is indicted on federal charges stemming from the multibillion-dollar accounting fraud at WorldCom. |
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GM sales in February Rise 5.9%, |
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Israeli helicopters fire two missiles at car carrying Hamas militants; Two die. |
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Haitian rebel leader Guy Philippe drove into Port-au-Prince in a convoy of trucks with about 70 armed supporters. |
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The mayor of New Paltz, New York, Jason West, is charged with 19 misdemeanor counts of "solemnizing marriages without a license" by Ulster County District Attorney Donald Williams. |
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Paul Wolfowitz is sworn in as the 28th Deputy Secretary of Defense, for this third tour of duty in the Pentagon. |
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Maiden voyage of the supersonic airliner, the Concorde. |
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After a series of delays, the first bombing raids begin in Operation Rolling Thunder, the sustained bombing of Vietnam. It will continue until October 31st, 1968. |
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Burmese army led by General Ne Win overthrows U Nu's democratic government and seizes power in Rangoon. |
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Mikhail Gorbachev is born in Stavropol in southern Russia. |
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The Gotha Aircraft Works is founded in Germany. |
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The Reconstruction Act is passed by the US Congress overriding president Johnson's veto. The law calls for a new constitution in each state to give male freedmen the right to vote. |
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Articles of Confederation adopted. |
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Col. Henry "Light Horse" Lee and his men ambush Col. Banastre Tarleton's cavalry. The skirmish results in 17 British deaths and 8 deaths for the Patriots. |
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Washington appoints Nathanael Greene to be the new Quartermaster General of the Continental Army. |
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