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The Council of Graduate Schools releases a survey indicating the number of foreign graduate students enrolling for the first time at American universities is down 6% a major factor is the difficulty -- or at least perceived difficulty -- of getting student visas under tightened U.S. immigration pol ... |
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French President Jacques Chirac expresses his dismay at President Bush's re-election, saying that "It is evident that Europe, now more than ever, must strengthen its unity and dynamism when faced with this great world power. More than ever, we must reinforce Europe politically and economically." |
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The United States warns American citizens in Greece to expect possible retaliation for its decision to formally recognize the "Republic of Macedonia" as the name for the former Yugoslav republic. |
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Zarqawi Group Urges Female Hostage Release |
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US Urges Civilians to Flee Targeted Fallujah |
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Jason West is elected mayor of New Paltz in 2003, heavily supported by students at the State University of New York campus. |
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The Bush White House accepts resignation of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt. |
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Mel Carnahan posthumously defeats Missouri's incumbent Senator John Ashcroft in the November 2000 election. |
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US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issues a preliminary ruling declaring that Microsoft had "monopoly power". |
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During the Clinton Monica Lewinsky scandal and impeachment inquiry, House Judiciary Committee Henry Hyde sends a list of 81 questions to US President Bill Clinton. |
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American heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey successfully performs quintuple heart bypass surgery on Russian leader Boris Yeltsin. |
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Michigan voters choose to allow three casinos to operate in the City of Detroit. |
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Incumbent Bill Clinton defeats Republican challenger Bob Dole to win his second term. |
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Former US President Ronald Reagan releases a letter declaring that he has Alzheimer's disease, which had been evident to many during the later days of his term. |
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Malice Green, an African-American motorist, is beaten to death by policemen Larry Nevers and Walter Budzyn. |
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Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares the United States to be "the great satan". |
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British 3rd Parachute regiment drops on Gamil Airport in Egypt to clear the area and establish a base for future operations. |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Republican challenger Wendell Willkie to win the first third-term as president of the United States. |
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The Hossbach Memorandum lays the foundation for Hitler's war plans. |
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Sinclair Lewis wins the Nobel Prize for Literature and becomes the first American to be so honored. |
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Pu Yi is forced to leave the Forbidden City by the army of Feng Yu Hsiang and views himself as blessed with “freedom” for the first time. He takes with him his imperial seal and a suitcase filled with precious stones. |
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Great Britain declares war on Turkey and annexes Cyprus |
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Woodrow Wilson wins a landslide victory over Republican incumbent William Howard Taft. |
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Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica. |
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George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. |
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Women's suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time and is later punished with a $100 fine. |
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In Minnesota, more than 300 Santee Sioux are found guilty of rape and murder of white settlers and are sentenced to hang. |
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November 05