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The US Army announces that it will open an investigation to determine whether Pat Tillman's death in a 2004 friendly fire incident in Afghanistan was actually the result of negligent homicide. Tillman gave up a $3.6 million NFL contract with the Arizona Cardinals to become an Army Ranger after the ... |
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U.S. forces direct fire at a car transporting Italian reporter Giuliana Sgrena shortly after her liberation in Iraq. US forces kill an Italian secret service agent and wounding Sgrena, according to her newspaper, Il Manifesto. Gabriele Polo, the paper's editor states that "This news which should h ... |
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Some Family Members of 9/11 victims angered by Bush advertisement |
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Seven U.S. soldiers are killed in heavy fighting in Gardez, Afghanistan. |
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The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is christened becoming one of the very few ships in the U.S. Navy to be named after a living person. |
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In a televised address to the American public, U.S. President Ronald Reagan acknowledges that the facts of his Iranian initiative appear to indicate that arms were traded for hostages, but omits that proceeds from the sale of arms to Iran have gone to the Contras. This is a violation of the Boland ... |
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US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings |
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MGM Actress Nancy Davis marries Ronald Reagan. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt inaugurated as President of the United States and declares: "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." |
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An English tutor, Reginald Fleming Johnston, schools Pu Yi in English and history. Pu Yi adopts the name of Henry after the English kings. |
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Congress passed an appropriation bill of $300,000 for Army aeronautics for fiscal year 1916. |
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Grover Cleveland, who had served as governor of New York, is sworn in as the 22nd US President. |
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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson are inaugurated at Philadelphia. |
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Washington occupies Dorchester heights. |
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Frederick is elected king of Germany. |
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