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A large chemical fire breaks out in the town of Conyers, GA at a warehouse owned by Biolab, a company that makes chemicals for swimming pools and cleaning products. Multiple explosions and plumes of gray, green and white smoke prompted evacuations of homes and businesses. |
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Over two hundred and seventy people are killed in Caribbean flooding in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. |
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British Secretary of Defense Geoff Hoon bestows an honorary knighthood on Retired Army General Tommy Franks for his exceptional and inspiring leadership of British Forces during operations both in Afghanistan and Iraq. |
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A UN relief agency documents that Israeli forces destroyed 45 buildings and left nearly 600 Palestinians homeless during its six-day "Operation Rainbow" in the southern Gaza Strip. |
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NYMEX crude oil falls sharply a day ahead of the US inventory report and one day afer a surge to near-record highs despite Saudi Arabia's proposals for more production. |
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Russia successfully launches a cargo spacecraft loaded with fuel and food for the Russian-American crew of the International Space Station. |
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The International Institute of Strategic Studies releases a report that al Qaeda has more than 18,000 potential terrorists, and that its ranks are growing in response to the conflict in Iraq. |
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The Gender Recognition Act 2004 passes in the UK House of Commons. |
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Expressing grave concern regarding human rights abuses, the UNSC issues a presidential statement calling on Khartoum to neutralize and disarm the Janjaweed. |
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U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) calls on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to "do the right thing and resign." |
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New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer files a lawsuit against former NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso and former exchange board member Kenneth Langone in order to retrieve more than $100 million of Grasso's pay package. |
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Israeli Cabinet approves the U.S.-backed Mideast road map to peace. |
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Néstor Kirchner becomes President of Argentina after defeating Carlos Menem. |
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Mikhail Gorbachev is elected Executive President in the Soviet Union. |
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HMS Coventry (D118) is struck by three bombs from an enemy Argentine aircraft and sinks off the Falkland Islands with the loss of 19 of her crew. |
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Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates create The Gulf Cooperation Council iin Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. |
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General Nimeiri, supported by the communists, achieves a Military coup d'Etat in Sudan. |
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As part of the longest running series of space program launches, NASA launches Explorer 32. There were a total of 74 successful Explorer Program missions with the last being launched in March of 2000. |
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The United States conducts Operation Upshot-Knothole at the Nevada Proving Ground 65 miles north of Las Vegas. Codenamed Shot GRABLE, a 280 mm shell with a gun-type nuclear fission warhead iss fired 10,000 meter and detonated 160 meters above the ground with a yield of about 15 kilotons. |
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Nine tanks of the U.S. 245th Tank Battalion, 45th Infantry Division, conduct a raid on Agok in retaliation for three raids on the division's sector. |
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Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean escape from Britian via the Baltic to the Soviet Union, with the help of Kim Philby. |
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U.S. forces engage in hand to hand combat with Japanese on the Alleutian island of Attu. |
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The Battle of Dunkirk begins in Northern France. An unexpected lull in the action will allow a large number of French and British soldiers to escape to England. |
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Henry Ford discontinues production of the Model T, and begins production of the Model A. |
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Mexican dignitaries oust dictator, President Diaz. |
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The U.S. Constitutional Convention convenes in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA. |
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Pennsylania troops suppress a major mutiny in Morristown, NJ. |
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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw. |
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Alfonso VI of Castile retakes Toledo, Spain from the Moors. |
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