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Jewish rebels capture fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem Beginning of the Jewish rebellion against Rome
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| 410:
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Death of St. Melania the Elder
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| 793:
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Norsemen sack Lindesfarne
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| 1042:
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Harthacnut, King of England & Denmark, dies. He is succeeded in England by Edward the Confessor, in Denmark by Magnus, King of Norway
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| 1154:
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Death of St. William of York
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| 1191:
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Richard I, King of England, lands at Acre
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| 1287:
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Revolt of Rhys ap Meredudd
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| 1333:
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Edward III orders seizure of the Isle of Man
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| 1374:
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Chaucer given the office of Controller of Customs
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| 1492:
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Death of Elizabeth, wife of King Edward IV of England
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| 1495:
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First written record of Scotch Whiskey
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| 1504:
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Michaelangelo's "David" set in place in the Palazzo of Florence, Italy
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| 1671:
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The Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni was born. born
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| 1739:
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A very Baroque incident occurred. A sacred concert in Venice was marred by a fight between two castrati
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| 1786:
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1st commercially-made ice cream sold in New York
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| 1810:
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German composer Robert Schumann born
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| 1845:
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Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tennessee
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| 1861:
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Tennessee seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy
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| 1869:
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Architect Frank Lloyd Wright born
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| 1869:
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Ives McGaffney of Chicago obtained a patent for a "sweeping machine, "the first vacuum cleaner
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| 1915:
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Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement over US handling of the sinking of the "Lusitania."
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| 1916:
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British geneticist Francis Crick, who helped determine the "double helix" structure of DNA born
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| 1917:
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Retired Supreme Court Justice Byron White born
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| 1921:
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President Suharto of Indonesia born
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| 1925:
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Former First Lady Barbara Bush born
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| 1926:
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There was a very special performance of "La Boheme." Mimi was sung by Nellie Melba at the age of 65. It was her last performance
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| 1930:
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Actress Dana Wynter born
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| 1933:
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Comedian Joan Rivers born
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| 1934:
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Actress Millicent Martin born
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| 1936:
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Baseball great Lou Brock born
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| 1936:
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Actor James Darren born
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| 1937:
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Carl Orff's masterpiece was premiered when "Carmina Burana"
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| 1939:
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Actor Bernie Casey born
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| 1940:
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Singer Nancy Sinatra born
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| 1942:
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Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) born
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| 1944:
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Musician Boz Scaggs born
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| 1947:
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Rock musician Mick Box (Uriah Heep) born
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| 1950:
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Actress Sonia Braga born
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| 1950:
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Actress Kathy Baker born
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| 1951:
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Country musician Tony Rice born
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| 1953:
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Singer Bonnie Tyler born
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| 1955:
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Actor Griffin Dunne born
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| 1958:
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Actor-director Keenan Ivory Wayans born
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| 1960:
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Singer Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) born
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| 1962:
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Musician Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) born
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| 1965:
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Former Grammy winner Rob Pilatus (Milli Vanilli) born
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| 1966:
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Rhythm-and-blues singer Doris Pearson (Five Star) born
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| 1967:
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Actress Julianna Margulies born
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| 1967:
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Actor Dan Futterman born
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| 1967:
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34 US servicemen were killed when Israeli forces raided the "Liberty," a Navy ship stationed in the Mediterranean. (Israel called the attack a tragic mistake.)
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| 1968:
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Authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Junior
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| 1970:
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Rhythm-and-blues singer Nicci Gilbert (Brownstone) born
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| 1970:
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Actress Kelli Williams ("The Practice") born
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| 1978:
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A jury in Clark County, Nevada, ruled the so-called "Mormon will," purportedly written by the late (B) billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery
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| 1982:
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President Reagan became the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament
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| 1987:
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Fawn Hall began testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings, describing how, as secretary to National Security aide Oliver L. North, she helped to shred some documents and spirit away others
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| 1988:
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The judge in the Iran-Contra conspiracy case ruled that Oliver North, John Poindexter, Richard Secord and Albert Hakim had to be tried separately
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| 1989:
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Chinese Premier Li Peng reappeared on TV, praising a group of army soldiers, apparently for their role in crushing the student-led pro-democracy movement
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| 1990:
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Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir announced he had succeeded in forming a new right-wing coalition government, ending a three-month-old political crisis
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| 1991:
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A $12 million parade for the Persian Gulf War veterans, including 8,000 troops and military jets flying overhead, was held in Washington, D.C
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| 1991:
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Preakness winner "Hansel" won the Belmont Stakes
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| 1992:
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Secretary of State James A. Baker the Third and Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev met in Washington to try to pave the way for a new round of strategic arms cuts
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| 1993:
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The Chicago Symphony tour of Spain was in Valencia to do Haydn's 48th Symphony and Bruckner's Fourth
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| 1993:
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Los Angeles voters elected their first registered Republican mayor since 1961, choosing Richard Riordan over City Councilman Michael Woo
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| 1993:
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In New Jersey, Christie Todd Whitman defeated four other Republicans for the chance to face Governor Jim Florio in the November election
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| 1994:
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President Clinton returned to Oxford University, where he'd attended as a Rhodes scholar, to receive an honorary doctorate
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| 1994:
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Bosnia's warring factions agreed to a one-month cease-fire
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| 1995:
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Declaring racial hostility was behind recent church fires in the South, President Clinton said in his weekly radio address he would devote whatever resources were needed to "smother the fires of hatred."
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| 1995:
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U.S. Marines rescued Captain Scott O'Grady, whose F16-C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2. Baseball's Mickey Mantle received a liver transplant at a Dallas hospital but died two months later
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| 1996:
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"Editor's Note" won the Belmont Stakes
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| 1996:
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Declaring racial hostility was behind recent church fires in the South, President Clinton said in his weekly radio address he would devote whatever resources were needed to "smother the fires of hatred."
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| 1996:
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China set off an underground nuclear test blast
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| 1997:
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Irish Prime Minister John Bruton conceded narrow defeat in national elections to opposition leader Bertie Ahern
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| 1998:
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The National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston its president
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| 1998:
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Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha died at age 54
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| 1998:
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The shuttle Discovery pulled away from Mir, ending America's three-year space partnership with Russia
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| 1999:
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The United States, Russia and six leading democracies authorized a text calling for a peacekeeping force in Kosovo
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| 1999:
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President Clinton announced new restrictions aimed at making it tougher for teens to sneak into R-rated movies
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| 2000:
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Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jeff MacNally died in Baltimore, Maryland, at age 52
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| 2000:
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Two gunmen shot to death Brigadier Stephen Saunders, a British defense attache, in Athens, Greece; the elusive terrorist group November 17 claimed responsibility, saying it killed Saunders because of his role in NATO airstrikes against Yugoslavia
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| 2005:
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President Lula opens U.N. forum to combat corruption
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| 2005:
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Pelé cries as his son admits to marijuana addiction
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| 2005:
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Britain's deadly bug possibly imported from U.S. or Canada
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| 2005:
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Danish Integration Minister's car burned
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| 2005:
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Google now worth over $80 billion
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| 2005:
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30 travelers from Rwanda die in Ugandan bus crash
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| 2005:
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California IT company to create 100 new jobs in Dublin
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| 2005:
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Republic of Ireland beat Faroe Islands to top Group 4 for Football World Cup 2006
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| 2005:
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Michael Jackson fate in hands of jurors
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| 2005:
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Stowaway killed by aircraft landing gear; leg lands in homeowner's backyard
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| 2005:
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Canadian provinces brace for more flooding
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| 2005:
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Pittsburgh Pirates win three-game series over Baltimore Orioles
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| 2006:
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in airstrike
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| 2006:
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Oil falls $1.19 on news of al-Zarqawi death
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| 2006:
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Auckland man convicted of sedition
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| 2006:
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Five kidnapped South Korean natural gas plant workers released
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| 2006:
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International forces in Dili reach agreement
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| 2006:
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Congressional Candidate Raj Bhakta challenges Schwartz to debates
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| 2006:
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Five South Korean workers kidnapped from Nigerian natural gas facility
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| 2007:
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National Park Service covers donation box at United Airlines Flight 93 memorial
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| 2007:
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G8 reaches deal on African aid for health issues
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| 2007:
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US President George W. Bush falls ill during G8 Summit
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| 2007:
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Journalists for U.S. government radio admit past communist spy links
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| 2007:
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Caught in Thailand for e-mail threats to Tesco, Briton issues apology
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| 2007:
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Eleven HIV/AIDS patient-protestors detained in Myanmar
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| 2007:
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Spain arrests Basque leader Otegi
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| 2007:
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Judge orders Paris Hilton to return to jail
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| 2007:
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One killed, 28 injured in south Thailand bombing
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| 2007:
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Worst storm in thirty years hits Newcastle, Australia
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| 2008:
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Eight dead and two missing after cargo ship fire in Kaliningrad, Russia
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| 2008:
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Man attacks people, kills 7 in Akihabara, Tokyo
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| 2008:
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ITRI to challenge the infrastructure of WiMAX on High Speed Rails in Taiwan
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| 2008:
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South Africa defeats Wales 43-17 in rugby test match
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| 2008:
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New Zealand defeats Ireland 21-11 in rugby test match
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| 2008:
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Buildings destroyed to slow flooding in China lake
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| 2008:
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Argentina defeats Scotland 21-15 in rugby test match
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| 2008:
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Large earthquake shakes Greece
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| 2008:
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Dani Pedrosa wins Catalan MotoGP
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| 2008:
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Robert Kubica wins Canadian Grand Prix
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| 2008:
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Woman robs pawn shop by swallowing stolen goods
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| 2008:
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NASA's Phoenix spacecraft having trouble analyzing soil samples
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| 2009:
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Australia, Japan, Korea Republic, Netherlands all qualify for 2010 FIFA World Cup
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| 2009:
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Tail from Air France jet recovered from Atlantic Ocean
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| 2009:
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Minibus bombing in Iraq kills nine, injures 24
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| 2009:
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Gunmen kill ten people in Thai mosque
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| 2009:
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Gabonese president Omar Bongo dies at age 73
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| 2009:
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Suicide bomber kills three people in Afghanistan
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| 2009:
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Tourists evacuated following shootout between Mexican army and drug hitmen
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| 2009:
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Coal mine blast in Ukraine kills two; ten still missing
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| 2009:
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Europeans go to the polls to elect Members of the European Parliament
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| 2009:
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United Kingdom elects first British National Party members of European Parliament
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| 2009:
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Jenson Button wins Turkish Grand Prix
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| 2010:
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China says North Korea border patrol killed three Chinese
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| 2010:
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Urban fox 'mauls' two babies in London, England
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| 2010:
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Apple unveils iPhone 4, iOS 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010
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| 2010:
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UCLA basketball coach John Wooden dies at age 99
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| 2010:
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US White House correspondent Helen Thomas retires
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| 2010:
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Nurseries not harmful to children, says new UK study
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| 2010:
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Portugal holds first same-sex marriage
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| 2010:
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Eight injured after train derails in Argyll, Scotland
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| 2010:
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Containment capsule captures 10,000 oil barrels a day in Gulf of Mexico
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| 2010:
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Strike ballot to go ahead despite British Telecom's belated new pay offer
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| 2010:
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Human trafficking trial starts in Clearwater, Florida
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| 2011:
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New Internet addresses tested on World IPv6 Day
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| 2011:
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Trump criticizes media bias towards Obama, especially during UK state visit
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| 2012:
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Putin signs law increasing fines for illegal protestors
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| 2012:
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Kosmala's Games inclusion highlights Australian Paralympians' longevity
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Architect Frank Lloyd Wright born in Richland Center, Wisconsin
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