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An article in the Iranian Etemaad newspaper, translated from Farsi by the CIA, reports on "the presence of unidentified flying objects in the Bushehr sky on a number of occasions, particularly in recent weeks." This marks the beginning of speculation that the US is using unmanned drones to spy on ... |
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The crew of the International Space Station receives badly needed supplies from an unmanned Russian spacecraft. The US Space Shuttle program is still grounded following the breakup of the Shuttle Columbia on entry. |
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Two suicide bombers fail in their attempt to assassinate Pervez Musharraf, but their car bombs kill 16 others instead. |
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United Nations weapons inspectors in Iraq commence interviews of Iraqi weapons scientists. |
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Republican sources announce that U.S. President George W. Bush is considering tax cuts on corporate dividends as a way of helping to spur economic recovery. |
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Mikhail Gorbachev announces his resignation as head of the Soviet Union |
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Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). |
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Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme is recaptured after her escape from prison two days prior. |
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USSR airlifts an invasionary army to Afghanistan. |
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Sony Corporation brings transistor TV 8-301 to the market. |
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The Coronation Stone which was taken from Scone, Scotland by Edward I in 1296, is stolen from Westminster Abbey & smuggled back to Scotland.
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Karl Rove is born in Denver CO. |
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A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills approximately 70,000 people. |
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Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan and remains so after World War II through 1989. |
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Amelia Earhart has her first airplane ride with barnstormer Frank Hawks at the official opening of a new airfield in Long Beach, California. |
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The legendary "Christmas Truce" takes place between German and British soliders in no-mans land between the trench lines of Northern France and Belgium. Drinking, souvenier trading, and football games are reported. |
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U.S. forces under the command of Col. Zachary Taylor defeat the Seminole Indians under command of Chiefs Wildcat, Alligator, and Sam Jones in the Battle of Okeechobee. U.S. casualties included 28 killed and 111 wounded. The Seminoles, outnumbered two to one, had approximately 11 killed and 14 woun ... |
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United States forces defeat Seminole Indians in the Battle of Okeechobee. |
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Troops numbering 2400 men and 18 cannon under the command of General George Washington, cross the Delaware river into New Jersey for a predawn attack on the Hessian soldiers in Trenton. |
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Future mathematician and developer of calculus, Isaac Newton is born. |
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Turkish troops under Suleiman the magnificent occupy the Greek island of Rhodes (Rhodos). The few remaining Knights of the Order of St. John fled to Malta. The Rhodes city walls constructed the Knights had withstood the attacks of the Sultan of Egypt in 1444 and of Mohamed II in1480. |
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Santa Maria wrecked and La Navidad founded. |
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