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The 'Khalid bin Walid brigade of the Islamic Army' denies that Filipino hostage Angelo de la Cruz has been released and reiterates that he will be killed if the Philippines does not withdraw its forces by 20 July. |
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In his weekly radio address, U.S. President Bush says that activist judges are imposing their arbitrary will on the people. He calls for a Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. |
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Lance Armstrong fell early but recovered and finished in a pack behind sixth stage winner Belgian Tom Boonen in the Tour de France. Thomas Voeckler of France retained the overall leader's yellow jersey and was 9 minutes, 35 seconds ahead of the sixth-place Armstrong |
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Chief of U.S. Park Police Teresa Chambers sites her termination on July 9th 2004 as an example of administration silencing dissent. National Park Service officials said Chambers broke rules regarding public budget discussions and lobbying. |
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Saboteurs explode a bomb along an Iraqi natural gas pipeline which runs from Kirkuk to a power station in Beiji. |
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Four U.S. Marines assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force are killled. |
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Spain opens its first mosque in Granada since the Moors were expelled in 1492. |
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Boris Yeltsin commences his five-year term as the first elected president of Russia. |
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The "man of a thousand voices," Mel Blanc, dies in Los Angeles. |
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In the face of significant criticism over its cola formula change, Coca-Cola re-introduces the old formula as "Coca-Cola Classic." |
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The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland Harbor by French DGSE agents who seek to prevent it from reaching Muroroa Atoll where the French conduct underground tests of nuclear weapons. |
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The world's first communications satellite, Telstar, is launched into orbit. |
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Korean War truce talks begin at Kaesong, slowly. |
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First flight of the US Douglas A/B-26 Invader attack/bomber airplane. |
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Germans cross the River Dnieper in the Ukraine. |
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The German Luftwaffe strikes at British convoys in the English Channel, thus technically starting the Battle of Britain. |
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The "Scopes Monkey Trial" commences in Dayton, Tennessee in which high school science teacher John T. Scopes is accused of teaching evolution in violation of The Butler Act. Scopes will be found guilty on July 21 but the judgment will be overturned on appeal and the prosecution will not seek a re ... |
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Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state. |
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Sauk chief Keokuk sells 26,500,000 acres (107,000 kmē) of land east of the Mississippi to the US Government for three cents an acre ($7.41/kmē). |
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France declares war against Britain. |
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General Horatio Gates issues an order barring blacks from serving in the Continental Army. Lord John Murray Dunmore, the deposed Royal Govenor of Virginia, pledges full freedom to all slaves who will fight with the British. |
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