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Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint Corp. reach a tentative agreement to merge, a deal that would create the nation's third-largest mobile-phone company with 39 million subscribers. The company will be called Sprint-Nextel. |
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Senior US Military officials reveal that equipment in Iraq is wearing out at a much faster rate than expected. In 2003, the US Army received an additional $1 billion to pay for wartime repairs, but in 2004 the price tag is expected to climb to $9 billion. "Should the war end today, it would take ... |
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is cleared of corruption charges based on accusations that he bribed judges in the 1980s. |
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At a general court martial at Camp Al-Tahreer in Baghdad, Staff Sgt. Johnny M. Horne Jr., 30, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, pleads guilty to murder and conspiracy to commit murder as related to the August 18th shooting death of a wounded Iraqi teenage sanitation worker in Baghdad's Sadr City. |
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Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik abruptly withdraws his nomination to be homeland security secretary claiming that questions about the immigration status of a former housekeeper and nanny would not be in the best interests of President's Bush's cabinet. |
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Dr. Michael Zimpfer, director of Vienna's private Rudolfinerhaus clinic, announces that Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with Dioxin. The handsome 50-year-old opposition leader became ill in September and was rushed to the Vienna hospital. He resumed campaigning later ... |
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EIGroup computers return their 5,329th data set for the SETI Project, thus finally reaching the 99% contribution level. |
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In response to a soldier's pointed inquiry at Donald Rumsfeld, Army Holdings In.c, the Florida company that retrofits U.S. Army Humvees with additional armor announces that it will increase production from 450 units a month to 550 by early 2005. |
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Beverage Digest announces that Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company will introduce a new diet soft drink in 2005 that will have no calories and be sweetened with sucralose and another artificial sweeter. Although sucralose is very popular with consumers, most health professionals recommend avoiding Coke ... |
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Former National Guardsman Brandon Sandrell of Maury County, TN tells VounteerTV that he raised the urgent need for up-armouned Humvees with US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2003, when he was recovering from shrapnel wound ... |
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Aegis Defence Services, a British firm headed by Lieutenant Colonel Tim Spicer, warns that Al Qaeda is planning an attack at sea. Independent defense analyst, Paul Beaver concurs and suggests that such an attack would, because of their economic significance, "probably be on an oil-related maritime ... |
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Gold 0.0 NAS -0.94 DOW -9.60 USD +0.51 S&P -1.24 CRB -1.61 |
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U.S. Federal Reserve leaves Fed Funds Rate Unchanged at 1.0%; |
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U.S President George W. Bush nominates William H. Donaldson to head the SEC, replacing Harvey Pitt. |
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The USDA crop report predicts that cotton and orange production will be down. |
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U.S. and coalition forces board a North Korean freighter in the North Arabian Sea loaded with about a dozen short- to medium-range missiles, similar to the Scud missiles used by Iraq in the Persian Gulf War. |
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President-elect De la Rua is sworn in as President. |
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. |
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A powerful earthquake in Armenia kills 100,000 in cities of Leninakan & Spitak.
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The US Dollar falls substantially against the Japanese Yen. |
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William H. Rehnquist, appointed by US President Richard Nixon, is confirmed as Supreme Court justice. |
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Based on the tremendous success of the Ford Mustang, Lee Iacocca is made President of Ford Motor Company. He becomes known as the father of the Mustang. |
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The Dutch end an economic boycott of Rhodesia. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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The United States performs an underground nuclear test at Carlsbad New Mexico. |
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The MPLA (Movimento Popular da Libertacao) in founded in Angola, Africa. Originally led by Antonio Neto, the MPLA commenced military operations against the Portuguese in 1963. It seized power in 1975 and it remains the ruling party in Angola, having renounced single party rule and Marxism in the ea ... |
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Albert Schweitzer is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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Ralph J. Bunche becomes the first black American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherlands people". |
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The HMS Prince of Wales, a British Battleship, sinks off Singapore. |
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Japanese troops land on northern Luzon in the Philippines. |
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Japanese troops overrun Guam. |
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Fascist dictator of Lativa, Karlis Ulmanis, begins construction of a concentration camp. He had staged a bloodless coup in May of 1934. |
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The ten-millionth Ford Model T is assembled. |
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The French government returns to Paris from Bordeaux. |
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Aswan Dam is completed. The project took four years and a workforce of 11,000. |
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Funded by a legacy from the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the first Nobel Prizes are awarded. |
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The first Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Jean Henri Dunant and Frederic Passy. |
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The Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded to Marie and Pierre Currie. |
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The Battle of Stormberg, South Africa. First defeat of British "Black Week" in which the Boers defeat the British. |
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The Spanish-American War comes to an end with the United States acquiring the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam as well as Hawaii. |
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Alfred Nobel dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in San Remo, Italy. |
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The territory of Wyoming passes the first women's suffrage law. In 1870, women will begin to serve on juries in the territory. |
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Augusta Ada Byron is born. She is often credited with being the first computer programmer, in this case working on Charles Babbage's mechanical Difference Enginee. |
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The army of Bonnie Prince Charles (Prince Charles Edward Stuart) moves into Manchester. |
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