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Some 10,000 Pakistanis rally in Karachi, the countriy's largest city, chanting "Death to America" and "Stop bombing against innocent people." Several hundred massed in the capital, Islamabad, and in Lahore, Multan and Peshawar burning U.S. flags and demanding the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afgha ... |
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Michelle Bachelet, the first woman to be elected president in Chile, won 53 percent of the vote in Sunday's runoff, compared to 46 percent for Sebastian Pinera, a conservative wealthy businessman, according to official results. |
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Army Spc. Charles Graner Jr., convicted of mistreating Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison and sentenced to 10 years in prison, testifies that a Lieutenant in his unit ordered him to follow the commands of the military and civilian intelligence agents running that part of Abu Ghraib Prison. No mention is m ... |
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NASA creates the new Office of Exploration Systems for the development of technologies in support of a planned return mission to the moon and to Mars. |
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John Ashcroft's 25-year-old nephew Alex Ashcroft and his brother Adam Ashcroft are arrested and charged with production and possession of marijuana along. A raid uncovered 60 marijuana plants in a basement crawl space, lighting, irrigation and security system. |
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Pervez Musharraf is promoted to the rank of Major General and given the command of an Infantry Division. |
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The deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes without compliance. |
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Campeau Corp. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. |
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U.S. President Reagan signs legislation to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, birthday a national holiday on the third Monday of January. |
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U.S. President Carter delivers his Crisis of Confidence speech. |
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Theodore Bundy kills co-eds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman at Florida State University. |
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Mario Cuomo is appointed New York Secretary of State by Governor Hugh Carey. |
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Steve Jobs takes up employment working for Atari, Inc. as a video game designer. |
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An aircraft engine exhaust initially detonated one and then three more ZUNI warhead causing burning fuel to burn through to the lower decks of the U.S.S. Enterprise. 28 are killed, 344 injured, and 15 planes are lost. |
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The Teamsters Union negotiates the first national labor contract. |
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The Red army under Mao Tse-Tung conquers Ten-tsin. |
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Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower arrives in England. |
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The Lend-Lease program provides Soviet Troops in the Caucasus mountains with vehicles necessary to drive out the Germans. Stalin orders the "Made in America" tags removed and replaced with ones indicating Russian manufacture. |
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The Brtish 8th Army, under the command of, begins its drive toward Tripoli in the North Africa campaign. |
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Constructed in only 16 months, the completed Pentagon, home of the U.S. Department of Defense, is dedicated. |
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German U-Boat torpedoes the Dutch trade ship Arendskerk. |
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Japan leaves the Second London Naval Disarmament Conference. Japan's exit would prevent agreement on a ceiling for the numbers of warships. |
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The US Navy establishes the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, FL to replace temporary camps erected in San Diego and Annapolis, MD. |
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In support of the Gold Rush, U.S. Assay Office opens in Helena, Montana. |
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General Mariano Arista takes control Mexican President Herrera after Congress declared him Constitutional President on January 8th.
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Thomas Paine completes "Common Sense." |
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