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U.S. Representative Tom DeLay (Republican, TX) announces through a spokesperson that he will not attempt to regain his post as House majority leader. |
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U.S. troops destroy a home in Fallujah, the center of the anti-American insurgency west of Baghdad. Enraged neighbors said a married couple was killed and their five children were orphaned. |
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US President George W. Bush proposes that a temporary six-year legal status and permit be granted to illegal aliens working in the United States. Representative Tom DeLay (R, TX) suggests that it would unwisely reward illegal behavior. |
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The International Monetary Fund issues a warning that US international trade and budget deficits could push up interest rates in other countries and inhibit economic growth world-wide. |
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THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT reported Tuesday that the decline in demand for manufacturers’ products came after a 1.4 percent increase in October. November’s decline marked the third drop in factory orders in the last four months and represented a weaker performance than the 0.6 percent decrease analysts ... |
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GE's largest union calls for a 2-day strike to commence January 14th as workers battle the conglomerate over an increase in their out-of-pocket medical expenses. |
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Gateway Corp issues a fourth quarter warning that sales fell short of its already lowered estimates and that it will post a greater than anticipated loss for the quarter. |
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Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle reverses his decision and announces that he will not seek the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. |
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Australian power company EnviroMission announces its "hopes" to build a 3,300-foot solar tower in southwest New South Wales. The glass at the base would span 4 miles and the tower would be twice the height of Malaysia's Petronas towers. |
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Anti-terrorist police question six men of North African origin after finding traces of the highly toxic poison ricin at a London address.
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Martha Stewart's broker, Peter Bacanovic, tells SEC he and Stewart had agreed to sell ImClone stock if it fell to $60. |
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The Senate Impeachment Trial of U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton is opened by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. Five days later, the Senate voted to acquit Mr. Clinton on both articles of impeachment. |
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In a sworn affidavit, Monica Lewinsky denies having had an affair with President Clinton. |
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In Haiti, former Duvalierist henchman Roger Lafontant attempts to overthrow interim President Ertha Pascal-Trouillot just before Aristide's February inauguration |
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Akihito Tsugonimaya becomes emperor of Japan and the Heisei ( 'achieving peace' ) era is proclaimed. He is the fourth child and first son of former emperor Hirohito. |
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The Japanese launch their space probe, Sakigake, bound for Halley's comet. |
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President Reagan signs into law the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. |
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Agents of Israel's Mossad murder Moroccan waiter, Ahmed Boushiki, in Lillehammer, Norway. Mossad agents mistake him for Ali Hassan Salameh, the leader of the Palestinian Black September Organization responsible for the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. |
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William H. Rehnquist is sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. |
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Howard Hughes, in a telephone call with 7 journalists, denies any involvement in an "autobiography" associated with Author Clifford Irving. |
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The U.S. space probe Surveyor 7 lands on the moon. |
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Legendary inventor Nikola Tesla dies in New York City. |
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The 14th Japanese Imperial Army, under the command of General Masaharu Homma, commences its siege on the U.S. troops bottled up in the Bataan pennisula. |
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Finns smash Soviet ski attack on Karelian Isthmus. |
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Electrical World and Engineer publishes Nikola Tesla's "The Transmission of Electrical Energy Without Wires As A Means of Furthering World Peace." |
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Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries fly the English Channel in a hydrogren balloon |
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Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France |
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Galileo Galilei discovers three of Jupiter's moons: Io, Europa, and Ganymede. |
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