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FBI Agent Robert Jordan apologizes to Brandon Mayfield, a Muslim attorney from Oregon, who had held for two weeks, often manacled and chained, as a material witness in the March 11 train bombing in Madrid, Spain. |
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A Pentagon official announces that Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez may be replaced as the top U.S. military officer in Iraq, but denied the Abu Ghraib Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal was the reason. |
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An improvised explosive device targets an armored sport utility vehicle near one entrance to the "Green Zone" HQ of the U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad. Two British security guards are killed in the attack. |
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The "Janjaweed" militia attacks a village south of Nyala town in Sudan killing and injuring dozens of civilians in what has been described as "ethnic cleansing" operations executed by the Sudanese government and its militia. |
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The US military continues to insist that it hit a legitimate target in western Iraq, despite a new video and evidence that many of those who died in the attack were part of a wedding party. |
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Attempting to assure the American public in the face of the decline of public support for the war, President Bush addresses the nation from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA. His speech, carried live by the cable networks, reiterates a five point strategy for handing over power to the Iraqi ... |
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French security officials evacuate Paris' Charles De Gaulle airport after cracking noises were heard in the terminal's roof, similar to one's heard before a section collapsed the previous day. |
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Prior to President Bush's evening address, the White House announces that it will demolish the notorious Abu Ghraib prison outisde of Baghdad, where U.S. soldier abuse of Iraqi detainees engendered worldwide outrage |
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Members of the Oil Producing Export Countries now say that crude at $30 to $34 a barrel in New York reflects the current cost of investment and maintenance of oil fields. |
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The World Health Organization confirms an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Yambio, south Sudan. A total of 19 cases and 4 fatalities are recorded to date. |
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Police arrest six additional members of the militant group Harkat-ul Mujahideen al-Alami following a gun-battle in southern Karachi. |
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U.S. pop singer Madonna cancels three concerts in Israel upon receiving letters detailing the lives or her children and security staff and threatening to kill her two young children. |
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The U.S. House of Representatives passes legislation granting permanent normal trade relations with China. |
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IBM's web site goes live. |
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Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia. |
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Microsoft Corporation unveils Windows NT (New Technology) 3.1 which has a 32-bit API and exceeds IBM's OS/2 3.0 in commercial sales. |
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During the Iranian Hostage Crisis, The International Court of Justice calls for the release of U.S. embassy hostages in Tehran. |
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As part of the U.S. Mercury Space Program, Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule during the Mercury 7 mission. |
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The Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus. |
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Josef Mengele (aka "The Angel of Death") becomes chief medical officer at the Auschwitz concentration camp. |
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The Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood, pride of the Royal Navy, in the North Atlantic. All but three of the Hood's crewmen are killed. |
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Igor Sikorsky proves his VS 300 to be the first practical single rotor helicopter. |
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Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, abrogating agreements with the Central Powers. |
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Playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and is sentenced to prison. |
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After 14 years of construction, the Brooklyn Bridge spanning the East River from Manhattan to Brooklyn is opened to traffic. It was designed by John Augustus Roebling and was the longest suspension bridge in the world at that time. |
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Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia and Captain James W. Jackson kills Col. E.E. Ellsworth after Ellsworth removes a Confederate flag from Jackson's hotel. |
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General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey, Mexico during the Mexican-American War. |
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Samuel Morse sends the first electrical telegram from Baltimore, Maryland to Washington, D.C, saying "What hath God wrought?". |
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Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola, Florida ending the First Seminole War. |
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The Methodist Church is established by John Wesley, his younger brother Charles and George Whitefield. The church grew of out of a small society of students at Oxford who focused on Bible study, and a methodical approach to scriptures for the purpose of mutual improvement. |
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Peter Minuit buys Manhattan Island from the Manhattan Indians for 60 Guilders or $24.00 |
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