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Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., questions the soundness of a military officer appointed to run a civilian intelligence agency. On Monday, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., expressed concern that the ouster of Porter Goss as CIA director was a "power grab" by John Negroponte, as Hayden currently s ... |
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Akhmad Kadyrov, the pro Russian President of Chechnya, is killed by a bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya. |
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The Atlanta Journal Constitution Reports that Atlanta Air Quality is significantly dirtier than thought. |
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon cancels a trip to Washington to allow him to rework his plan to pull Jewish settlements out of Gaza and parts of the West Bank. |
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A blast in a Baghdad market kills 5 People, and wounds Thirteen others. |
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Major Oil Pipeline in Southern Iraq is damaged in a terrorist attack. |
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In a CNN interview, journalist Seymour Hersh of the New Yorker reveals that Pentagon culture led to Iraqi Prisoner Abuse. |
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U.S. military begins major offensive to control the south-central Iraqi city of Najaf, stronghold of resisting cleric Muqtada Al Sadr. |
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Tom Owens is introduced to Apple Corps and the No Child Left Behind Program. An inquiry is initiated and discussion begins. |
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Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. |
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The U.S. House Judiciary Committee opens public impeachment hearings against President Richard M. Nixon over the Watergate Scandal. |
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John Manke takes the Northrop HL-10 Lifting Body supersonic for the first time. |
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West Germany joins the North Atlantic Treating Organization. |
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Future U.S. Attorney General John David Ashcroft is born in Chicago, Illinois. |
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Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopa. |
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French General d'Urbal launches his 10th Army against the German positions between Souchez in the North and Neuville St-Vaast in the south commencing the Second Battle of Artois. |
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The city of Reno, Nevada is founded. |
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English Colonel Thomas Blood steals the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London. |
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Christopher Columbus departs Spain, accompanied by his younger son Ferdinand, for his fourth and final voyage to the Americas. |
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French forces led by Joan of Arc defeat English forces besieging the city of Orléans. |
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Athanasius succeeds Alexander as Roman Catholic Bishop of Alexandria. |
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