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The public is made aware of the modification of NASA's Mission Statement. From 2002 until 2006, NASA’s mission statement was "to understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers ... as only NASA can." Dr. James Hansen, ... |
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Amtrak spokesperson Marcie Golgoski said that a suspicious note was found on a Washington, D.C.-to Boston which prompted a search in Newark, NJ. The train resumed its journey after the train was searched and passengers questioned. No one was arrested, she said. |
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Lance Armstrong, in an amazing sprint finish, wins his third straight stage in the Tour de France and his fourth stage victory overall. The sprinting win past German Andreas Kloden nets Armstrong 20 bonus seconds to extend his lead on Italian Ivan Basso to 4:09. |
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The U.S. Military now reports a total of 94 cases of alleged or confirmed prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan since the autumn of 2001. |
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Los Alamos National Laboratory Director, Pete Nanos, informs the public that fifteen employees have been placed on leave as part of an investigation into the disappearance of two computer disks containing classified information. |
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Iraqi Police find a decapitated body in the Tigris River in the town of Beiji, 112 miles north of Baghdad. |
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American troops, engaged in a daylong firefight, kill 25 insurgents and capture 25 more in the Sunni Triangle town of Ramadi, where tensions have flared in the past few weeks. |
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The U.S. Army reports that two U.S. soldiers were killed on Monday in a mortar attack on their forward operating base in Iskandariah, south of Baghdad. The announcement brings U.S. fatalities to 903 with 669 combat deaths and 234 in noncombat incidents. |
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U.S. forces attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay. |
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Iran conducts a successful test of the Shahab 3 missile, which has a medium-range of 800 miles. |
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Apple releases its new operating system, System 8. |
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2,800 UAW workers go on strike at a GM plant in Warren, Michigan. |
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O.J. Simpson enters a plea of not guilty to charges that he murdered his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. |
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Drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison near Medellin, Columbia. |
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Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after remains of 11 men and boys are found in his apartment following the escape of one prospective victim still wearing handcuffs. |
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Desiree Washington, a contestnat in the Miss Black America pagent, charges that she was raped by boxer Mike Tyson in an Indianapolis hotel room. |
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Palestinian school children return to classrooms in the West Bank upon the lifting of an Israeli Army order that closed their schools during the Palestinian uprising. |
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Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power as vice premier, following the death of Mao Zedong in 1976. |
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The U.S. Mariner 1 spaceprobe flies erratically several minutes after launch and is destroyed. |
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King David Hotel is Bombed On the Orders of Irgun Leader Manachem Begin. The headquarters of the British administration were destroyed, killing 90. |
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The U.S. Seventh Army captures Palermo, Sicily. |
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The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins. |
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The Americans approve Operation Torch, Churchill's preferred alternative to an immediate invasion of Europe. Operation Torch would secure all of North Africa for the Allies from the Vichy French and Germans. |
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Nazi Germany issues identity cards for Jewish citizens. |
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Wiley Post becomes the first pilot to fly solo around the world, making the 15,596-mile trip from New York in 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes. His plane is the fixed wing, plywood, Lockheed Model 5C Vega known as Winne Mae. |
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Robert Dole, the 1996 Republican candidate for President of the United States, is born. |
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Rose Kennedy, mother of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and senators Robert and Edward Kennedy, is born. |
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Confederate forces commanded by Gen. John Bell Hood and Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee unsuccessfully attack Union troops in the Battle of Atlanta. The Union suffered 3,641 casualties, while the Confederacy suffered a devestating 8,499 casualties. |
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Gregor Johann Mendel, an Austrian botanist who developed the theory of heredity, is born. |
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English forces commanded by Duke of Wellington defeat French forces in the Battle of Salamanca, Spain. |
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Thomas Jefferson becomes the first head of the U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs. |
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A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina to re-establish the colony. The first had returned to England after killing native leader Winginia and running low on supplies. |
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