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The New York Times reports that a classified CIA cable sent last month indicates that the situation in Iraq deteriorating and unlikely to improve any time soon. Specifically, the document cautioned that security in Iraq was likely to deteriorate unless the Iraqi government made significant progress ... |
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The House of Representatives passes the US Intelligence Overhaul Bill Tuesday evening by a 336-75 vote. |
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With Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld in attendance, Hamid Karzai is sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.
Cheney and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld -- looked on. |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say the arthritis drug Celebrex does not carry the same heart attack risks as the drug Vioxx. Research showed that the chances of having a heart attack are nearly three times greater in Vioxx users than in Celebrex users, but other studies are still bein ... |
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US space probe Galileo enters orbit around Jupiter. |
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Yasser Arafat recognizes the existence of Israel. |
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Gorbachev, Bush, Reagan, and top aides lunch at Governor's Island in New York Harbor. |
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France performs a nuclear test on Muruora Island.
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The Indonesian army occupies East Timor.
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The United States launches Apollo 17, which is the last manned mission to the moon. |
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Chiang Kai-shek flees Mao's communist forces to Taiwan. |
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Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Fortunately, for the U.S., numerous aircraft carriers were out to sea. |
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The German siege of Tobruk ends after 8 months. |
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United States becomes the 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I. |
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The Germans commence attacks in the Second Battle for Warsaw |
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A bust of Queen Nefertete is found in El-Amarna, Egypt. |
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Leo Baekeland, Yonkers NY, patents the first thermosetting plastic which came to be called Bakelite. |
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The Battle at Amba Alagi in which Abyssinians defeat the Italian armies. |
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Thomas A Edison demonstrates his gramophone.
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Civil War Battle of Hartsville, TN. |
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Civil Battle of Prarie Grove, AR. |
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Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution |
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Marcus Tullius Cicero is captured by forces under the triumvirate of Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus. He is killed near Caieta. |
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