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FOX News Threatens to sue Atlanta billboard owner if message jab at CNN is not posted. |
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Bush apologizes to the Arab world, through King Abdullah of Jordan, for the abuse at Abu Ghraib, but announces that Rumsfeld will remainin his Cabinet. |
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US President George W Bush endorses new sanctions and a $36m plan to promote change in Cuba. |
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With the words "This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation," conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh dismisses the Abu Ghraib Prison Torture scandal. |
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Following secret negotiations led by the United Nations, Aung San Suu Kyi is released from prison and allowed to move about the country. She proclaims "a new dawn for the country." |
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The US informs the UN Secretary-General that "the United States does not intend to become a party to the [International Criminal Court Statue] treaty. Accordingly, the United States has no legal obligations arising from its signature on December 31, 2000." |
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In the Netherlands, politician Pim Fortuyn is killed by Volkert van der Graaf. |
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Compaq Computer Corporation announces that it will eliminate 15,000 jobs following its acquisition of Digital Equipment. |
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A division of Smithfield Foods contracts EIGroup to provide business intelligence applications in support of their Finance and Cost Accounting operations. |
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Elizabeth II and François Mitterrand open the Chunnel, a tunnel under the English Channel linking England and France. |
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Paula Jones files her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton.. |
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Maya Ying Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is selected from 1,421 other entries. |
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Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. |
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Ayn Rand's novel, Fountainhead, is published. |
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On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese. |
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Joe Kennedy Jr. receives his naval wings, with father Josephy Kennedy Sr. in attendance at the ceremony. |
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Bob Hope performs his first USO show. |
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Executive Order 7034 creates the WPA, or Works Progress Administration. |
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After nearly three years of self-imposed grounding, Wilbur Wright pilots a modified version of the 1905 Flyer III which enabled pilot and passenger to sit erect. The flight was just over 1000 feet. |
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Arkansas secedes from the Union. |
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Confederate congress declares that a state of war exists. |
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The British capture Fort Moultrie at Charleston, South Carolina. |
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