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An audio recording in which Osama Bin Laden vows never to be taken aliver is posted to the internet. The Al Qaeda leader also said that there is "no longer any mentionable difference between [US] criminality and the criminality of Saddam". The tape had originally been broadcast on January 19th, 20 ... |
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Twenty Nobel laureates and 40 other leading medical experts, agency directors, university chairs and presidents call for regulatory and legislative action to "restore scientific integrity to federal policymaking." discus ... |
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The U.S. State Department advises U.S. Citizens to avoid travel to Iraq and advises those currently in Iraq to depart. |
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Treasury Secretary John Snow informs leaders of Congress that the government would reach the borrowing limit on Thursday and he would begin pulling investments out of a $48 billion government pension fund to make room for normal public borrowing auctions. |
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U.S. President Bush visiting South Korea responds to concern over his "Axis of Evil" comment. He declares that he has no intention of attacking North Korea. |
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Deng Xiaoping dies in Beijing leaving Jiang Zemin in firm control of the People's Republic of China. |
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Nelson Mandela freed after 27 years in prison. |
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Chicago Seven Trial verdict: Dellinger, Davis, Hayden, Hoffman, & Rubin found guilty of crossing state lines to incite riot |
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US Assault on Iwo Jima. |
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U.S. forces in North Africa attack German Afrika Korps formations around Kasserine Pass. |
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Executive Order 9066 is signed by FDR authorizing the internment of 120,000 plus Japanese-Americans. |
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Billy Mitchell dies in a New York hospital at the age of 56. |
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