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President Bush nominates Kellogg CEO Carlos Gutierrez to be secretary of Commerce. |
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Dow raises for 8th straight week. |
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Seven states drop out of the ani-trust lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation, leaving only Massachusetts and West Virginia to appeal. |
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Scientists report thier progress in understanding how eating less leads to longer life. |
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Ian Parr, a BAE Systems worker from Essex, pleads guilty to two charges of spying for the Russians. |
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George Harrison dies at 58 years old in a friend's home in Los Angeles, CA. |
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Jose Ignacio Lopez, an executive of Volkswagen, resigns today under the charge of industrial espionage against General Motors, his former employer. |
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The UN Security Council provides coalition members with authorization to "use all necessary means" to eject Iraq from Kuwait if Iraq does not voluntarily withdraw by January 15, 1991. |
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Eight days after the Birmingham Pub bombings, British Parliament outlaws the Irish Republican Army. |
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Chrysler halts production and looks to slash inventory on its larger cars in favor of smaller, more fuel efficient models. |
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President Lyndon Johnson establishes the Warrren Commission to investigate the assassination of JFK. It concluded that there was not conspiracy and that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. Fifteen years later, in 1978, the House Select Committee on Assassinations that JFK was "probably assassinated as ... |
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President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills his campaign pledge and goes to Korea in search of a key to ending the frustrating Korean War. |
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Chinese overrun allied forces in North Korea. U.S. led U.N. troops begin to retreat. |
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In spite of strong Arab opposition, the United Nations votes for the partition of Palestine and the creation of an independent Jewish state. |
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Roscoe Hillenkoetter, who formerly commanded the USS Dixie and the USS Missouri, is promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral. |
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Albania is entirely liberated from German occupation on November 29, 1944. |
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The U.S. Office of Price Administration, or OPA, announces that coffee will be rationed. |
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Jacques Rene Chirac is born in Paris, France. |
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American Explorer Richard E. Byrd and three companions fly over the South Pole. The trip from their base on the Ross Ice Shelf to the pole and back took 18 hours and 41 minutes. |
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In the Argonne, the French complete recovery of nearly all territory taken by the Germans during the period between 15 September and 21 October. |
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US Congress appoints a secret committee to seek help from European nations. |
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