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White House adviser Karl Rove, often credited with being the true intellect in the Bush adminstration, is promoted to deputy chief of staff. The titles comes in addition to his current role as Bush’s chief political strategist. Rove will have oversight of policy councils advising George W. Bush on n ... |
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In response to a similar action taken by New Delhi, Pakistan orders India's acting high commissioner and four other officials to leave the country. |
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U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan speaks at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. He says that the multilateral approach to resolving arms issues with Iraq is the most effective approach. |
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The 2002 Winter Olympics in open in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia results in the deaths of 46+ people. |
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5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition |
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Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea |
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An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale rattles San Francisco. |
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Allied planes conduct air raids on Goch, Kleef, Kalkar, and Reichswald. |
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U-762 is sunk off the coast of Ireland |
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Soviet forces retake Kursk from the German Whermacht. |
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Lodtz becomes the first large ghetto established by the Nazis in Poland.
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The French cruiser "Admiral Charner" is torpedoed off Syrian coast, killing 374.
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"Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles CA |
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William D. Boyce incorporates the Boy Scouts of America in Chicago. |
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Japanese fleet lays siege to the Russian Naval squadron anchored at Port Arthur. |
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Franz I of Austria declares war on France |
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Napoleon defeats Russians in Battle of Eylau. |
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Mary Stuart is at Fotheringhay Castle on February 8, 1587 at the age of 44, on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I. |
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