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Chevy Chase, hosting an awards ceremony staged by People for the American Way at the Kennedy Center, used his final time at the podium to unleash a expletive laden rant against President Bush that stunned the crowd. Chase called the president a "dumb [expletive]." and uttered "This guy in office is ... |
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Republican Senator John McCain tells the Associated Press News Agency that he has "no confidence" in US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who has come under attack in recent weeks for flippant and inappropriate responses and ineffective leadership. Specifically, McCain told interviewers that "I ... |
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U.S. Federal Reserve raises Fed Funds Rate by 0.25% to 2.25% and signalled there had been no change in its assessment of economic conditions. |
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US President George W. Bush awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to ex-CIA director George Tenet, General Tommy Franks, and Paul Bremer, the former US administrator in Iraq. According to the Medal of Freedom Website, "this great honor is reserved for ... |
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The ACLU posts detailed documents of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the hands of US soldiers. |
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Google announces a partnership with libraries at Stanford, Harvard, the University of Michigan and Oxford, and the New York Public Library ?to create digital versions of books that can be searched using the Google search engine. |
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EIGroup officers present "Next Diver Down" to the students of the International Community School in Decatur, Georgia. The presentation covers the motivation for Scuba Diving and Undersea Exploration and the science behind the equipment which allows recreational divers to swim with the fish at depth ... |
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Pakistani President, General Pervez Musharraf survives an assassination attempt when a powerful bomb went off minutes after his highly-guarded convoy crossed a bridge in Rawalpindi. |
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For the first time in 13 years, the United States agrees to talk to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). |
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With a $1.1 Billion bid, CBS wins exclusive rights to broadcast US Major League Baseball for the 1990-1994 seasons. |
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The Chrysler Corporation pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new. |
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Israel annexes the Golan Heights region, which was seized from Syria in the 1967 Arab Israeli war. |
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The People's Republic of China performs a nuclear test at Lop Nor. |
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American and South Korean guards fire into rioting Korean prisoners of war on Pongam Island, near Koje-do, killing 84 and wounding 118. |
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The U.S. Congress establishes the rank of 5-star General, or General of the Army. |
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The German submarine, or U-boat, U-557 torpedoes the British light cruiser H.M.S. Galatea. She was one of four ships in the Arethusa Light Cruiser Class, including the Aurora, the Penelope, and the Arethusa. |
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The Soviet Union attacks Finland prompting the League of Nations to revoke its membership.
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Imperial Japanese forces conquer and plunder the city of Nanjing (Nanking) China. This action would later be dubbed in Western circles and films as the Rape of Nanking. |
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Iraq gains independence from Great Britian. However, British troops remain. |
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Jack Johnson becomes the first black world heavyweight boxing champion. |
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Gregory "Pappy" Boyington is born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and will grow up in the logging town of St. Maries, Idaho. He will become a Marine Corp figher pilot during World War II. |
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The Confederacy repulses Union troops in Tennessee during the Civil War Battle of Bean's Station. |
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The British evacuate Charleston, South Carolina. |
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On the report that the British intended to station a garrison at Portsmouth, NH, Major John Sullivan leads a band of militia to Fort William and Mary, breaks into the arsenal and carries off a store of arms and ammunition. |
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Olivier van Noort sinks the San Diego, a Spanish Galleon, in the Bay of Manila. |
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