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Italian born Sonia Gandhi, who led her Congress party to victory in India's elections, announces that she will not take the post of prime minister. |
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Linda Stern study of 132 obese patients at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia confirms that subjects on the Atkins Diet significant amounts of weight without harmful effects on blood fats and sugars. |
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U.S. President George W. Bush appoints Alan Greenspan to a fifth four-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. |
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Russian owned Securitylab.ru demonstrates that Cisco Router software has been stolen by posting parts of the source code for its visitors to see. |
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Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, urges Myanmar's military rulers to fulfill their promise to release pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and include her political party in constitutional talks now under way |
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Arizona Republican Senator John McCain excoriated fellow Republicans for pushing more tax cuts while U.S. troops are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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Producers of "Martha Stewart Living" say TV show will be suspended after current season because of the ImClone insider stock trading scandal. |
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Sgt. Samuel Provance, who told ABC News that the US Military was covering up the extent of the Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse is stripped of his security clearance and told that he may face prosecution because his comments to the media were "not in the national interest." |
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Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp., the nation's largest hospital chain, agrees to pay $745 million to settle allegations including bilking Medicare and paying kickbacks to doctors. |
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The U.S. Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft. |
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Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington State killing 57 people and causing $3 Billion in damage. |
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India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon and becomes the sixth nation to achieve this goal. |
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The fourth manned Apollo Mission, Apollo 10, is launched from Pad 39B and its crew becomes the second to orbit the moon. |
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German forces evacuate Monte Cassino and the Allies take the stronghold after a battle that claimed 20,000 lives. |
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority. |
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The Earth passes through the tail of Halley's Comet. |
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Wilbur Wright sailes for Europe with the intent to negotiate the sale of his Flyer III in London, Paris, Moscow, and Berlin. |
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The Union army under General Ulysses S. Grant begins the Siege of Vicksburg overlooking the Mississippi River. Confederate John C. Pemberton's forces will be defeated on July 4th, yielding the entire Mississippi River valley to the Union. |
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The French Senate proclaims Corsican Napoleon Bonaparte to be the Emperor of France. |
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The U.K. revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France. |
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Thomas Jefferson begins to clear land for the construction of Monticello. |
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Rhode Island passes first North American law making slavery illegal. |
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John Winthrop takes the oath of office in Dorchester, Massschusetts and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. |
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Amerigo Vespucci and Alonso de Hojeda sail for South America and eventually reach the mouth of Amazon. |
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