| 665:
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Death of St. Ethelburga of Faremountiers-en-Brie
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| 705:
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Death of St. Hedda
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| 739:
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Death of St. Willibald, first known Englishman to visit the Holy Land
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| 1124:
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Crusaders capture Tyre
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| 1304:
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Death of Pope Benedict XI
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| 1307:
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Death of Edward I, King of England, at Burgh-on-Sands. He dies on his way to Scotland to fight Robert the Bruce
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| 1348:
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The Black Death arrives in England at Weymouth
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| 1438:
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Pragmatic Sanction
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| 1456:
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French ecclesiastical court rehabilitates Joan of Arc
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| 1520:
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Cortez defeats the Aztecs
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| 1531:
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Death of Tilman Riemenschneider, late Gothic German sculptor
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| 1537:
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Death of Madeleine, Queen to James V, King of Scots
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| 1540:
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado conquers a pueblo in the Southwestern USA, believing it to be one of the Seven Cities of Gold; 1st skirmish between Indians & Europeans in western US
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| 1550:
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Emperor Charles V announces the convening of the Council of Valladolid, to discuss the issue of slavery in the New World
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| 1553:
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Mary Tudor hides in Sawston Hall from the Duke of Northumberland
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| 1585:
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Edict of Nemours
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| 1585:
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Grenville & Lane land at Roanoke, Va. to found Raleigh's 1st colony
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| 1586:
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Thomas Hooker, founder of Hartford, "Father of American Democracy" born
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| 1623:
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Virginia colonists begin unsuccessful reprisals against Indians
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| 1647:
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Rioting in Naples over a food tax
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| 1647:
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Thomas Hooker, Puritan pastor, founder of Connecticut, and organizer of the first American federal government system, dies. Known as the "Father of American Democracy"
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| 1747:
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Bach completed his "Musical Offering," and dedicated it to the most powerful fan he ever had, Frederick the Great. This monarch was a fairly good flute player and even did some composing himself. He hired Bach's son Carl Philip Emanuel as his chief court musician
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| 1752:
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Joseph-Marie Jacquard. French silk weaver and inventor of the jacquard (programmable) loom. born
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| 1754:
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King's College in New York City opened. (The school was renamed "Columbia College" thirty years later.)
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| 1828:
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Russia took Kars from Ottoman
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| 1846:
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U.S. Navy Commodore J.D. Sloat proclaimed the annexation of California by the United States
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| 1860:
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Gustav Mahler was born, in Kaliste, on the border of Moravia and Bohemia. In his twenties Mahler was an assistant to Artur Nikisch in Leipzig. He became music director of the New York Philharmonic. He finished the "Symphony of a Thousand" and began work on "Das Lied von der Erde." A Ninth Symphony was completed but a Tenth was not
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| 1865:
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Four people were hanged in Washington DC after being convicted of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Lincoln. Mary Surratt, owner of the boarding house where John Wilkes Booth stayed while planning Lincoln's assassination was hanged for her part in the alleged conspiracy. She was the first American woman to be executed for a crime
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| 1887:
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Painter Marc Chagall born
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| 1891:
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A patent was granted for the travelers cheque
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| 1896:
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The Democratic national convention opened in Chicago
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| 1898:
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President William McKinley signed a joint resolution of Congress authorizing the annexation of Hawaii by the United States
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| 1906:
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Baseball pitcher Leroy "Satchel" Paige born
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| 1907:
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Robert A. Heinlein, author who helped develop Science Fiction as a sophisticated mode of literary expression. born
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| 1911:
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Composer Gian Carlo Menotti born
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| 1913:
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Blues musician Pinetop Perkins born
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| 1922:
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French fashion designer Pierre Cardin born
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| 1927:
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Country singer Charlie Louvin born
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| 1927:
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Musician-conductor Doc Severinsen born
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| 1930:
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Construction began on Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam)
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| 1933:
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Historian-author David McCullough born
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| 1940:
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Rock star Ringo Starr born
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| 1944:
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Singer-musician Warren Entner (The Grass Roots) born
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| 1946:
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Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917), founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, becomes the first American to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. She arrived in the U.S. from Italy in 1889, and was naturalized in 1909. Her feast day is November 13
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| 1946:
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Actor Joe Spano born
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| 1947:
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Country singer Linda Williams born
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| 1949:
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Actress Shelley Duvall born
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| 1951:
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Actress Roz Ryan born
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| 1962:
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Rock musician Mark White (Spin Doctors) born
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| 1966:
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Rhythm-and-blues musician Ricky Kinchen (Mint Condition) born
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| 1969:
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Canada's House of Commons gave final approval to a measure making the French language equal to English throughout the national government
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| 1970:
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Actress Cree Summer ("A Different World") born
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| 1970:
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Sir Allen Lane dies. He was the founder of Penguin Books and the first publisher to promote the paperback book
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| 1973:
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President Nixon said he would not appear before the Senate Watergate Investigating Committee, or give it access to White House files
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| 1980:
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Figure skater Michelle Kwan born
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| 1981:
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President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the US Supreme Court
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| 1983:
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11-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, left for a visit to the Soviet Union at the personal invitation of Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov
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| 1986:
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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law
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| 1986:
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The government of South Africa said it had lifted all restrictions against anti-apartheid activist Winnie Mandela
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| 1987:
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Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North began his long-awaited public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing, telling Congress that he had "never carried out a single act, not one," without authorization
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| 1988:
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The candidate of Mexico's ruling party, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, claimed a "national victory" one day after presidential elections that opponents charged were riddled by fraud
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| 1989:
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The Labor Department reported that unemployment rose one-tenth of one percent in June to five-point-two percent
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| 1990:
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Martina Navratilova made Wimbledon history with her 9th Wimbledon title, making her the first to obtain it this many times
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| 1990:
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President Bush welcomed fellow leaders of the world's leading industrialized democracies, gathered in Houston for their 16th annual Group of Seven economic summit
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| 1991:
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Responding to President Bush's call for stepped-up efforts on arms control talks, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev told the White House he was sending Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh and other officials for talks with Secretary of State James A. Baker the Third
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| 1991:
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Michael Stich defeated Boris Becker, 6-4, 7-6, 6-4, to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon
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| 1992:
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Group of Seven leaders meeting in Munich, Germany, condemned the carnage in former Yugoslavia and warned Serb-led troops that UN military force would be used if needed to keep relief operations going
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| 1993:
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The Group of Seven nations, on the first day of their economic summit in Tokyo, unveiled a long-sought agreement on world trade. Prior to the summit opening, President Clinton delivered a speech at Waseda University
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| 1994:
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President Clinton, visiting Poland, assured the parliament that the U.S. would "not let the Iron Curtain be replaced by a veil of indifference.""
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| 1994:
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Panama withdrew its offer to the U.S. to accept thousands of Haitian refugees
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| 1995:
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The space shuttle Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, Florida, bringing back American astronaut Norman Thagard, who'd spent three-and-a-half months aboard the Russian space station "Mir."
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| 1996:
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Dutch tennis player Richard Krajicek won the Wimbledon men's title, defeating American MaliVai Washington 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
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| 1996:
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President Clinton delivered more Whitewater trial testimony before video cameras, this time testifying in case of two Arkansas bankers accused of making political contributions with bank funds. (A jury later acquitted Herby Branscum Junior and Robert M. Hill of four counts and deadlocked on seven other counts; Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr decided not to retry the bankers.)
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| 1997:
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Three days after landing on Mars, the Pathfinder spacecraft yielded what scientists said was unmistakable photographic evidence that colossal floods scoured the planet's now-barren landscape more than a billion years ago
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| 1998:
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The American League defeated the National League 13-to-8 in baseball's All-Star Game, played in Denver
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| 1998:
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Imprisoned Nigerian opposition leader Moshood Abiola died of what the government said was a heart attack
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| 1998:
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A jury in Santa Monica, California, convicted Mikail Markhasev of murdering Ennis Cosby, Bill Cosby's only son, during a roadside robbery
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| 1999:
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In the first class-action lawsuit by smokers to go to trial, a jury in Miami held cigarette makers liable for making a defective product that causes emphysema, lung cancer and other illnesses
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| 1999:
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Bill Clinton became the first president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to visit an Indian reservation as he toured the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota
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| 2000:
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Stock car driver Kenny Irwin was killed when his car slammed into a wall during practice at New Hampshire International Speedway; he was 30
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| 2000:
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President Clinton postponed the first federal execution since 1963 so that death row inmate Juan Raul Garza could ask for clemency under guidelines being updated by the government. (Garza was executed June 19th, 2001)
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| 2002:
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A scandal broke out in the United Kingdom when news reports alleged MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader
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| 2003:
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The United Communist Party of Armenia was formed
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| 2004:
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The last patent on the LZW compression algorithm (in Canada) expired
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| 2005:
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A series of four terrorist explosions occur on London's transport system killing 52 people, plus four suicide bombers
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| 2005:
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Influenced by Live 8, the G8 leaders pledged to double 2004 levels of aid to Africa from US$25 to US$50 billion by the year 2010
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| 2005:
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US Senator Rick Santorum writes book, receives criticism
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| 2005:
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France raises security level to red in response to London bombings
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| 2005:
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks about London bombings
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| 2005:
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Transport and telecommunications struggle amid confusion in London
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| 2005:
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Group claims responsibility for London explosions
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| 2005:
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Bush crashes his bike into Scottish police officer
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| 2005:
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International stock markets tumble after UK blasts
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| 2005:
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Egypt's top envoy in Iraq confirmed killed
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| 2005:
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US Homeland Security raises transit terror alert
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| 2005:
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World leaders respond to London blasts
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| 2005:
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Bomb scare closes main Edinburgh thoroughfare
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| 2005:
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Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
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| 2005:
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Florida man charged with stealing Wi-Fi
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| 2006:
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Iraq's PM calls for a review of coalition troops’ immunity from Iraqi prosecution
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| 2006:
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NZ man stabbed in the face with a 15-centimetre knife
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| 2006:
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One year on, London remembers 7/7 victims
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| 2006:
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Truckload of trouble for Thai Rak Thai
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| 2006:
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US soldier arrested for rape and four murders in Iraq
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| 2006:
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U.S politician Joe Biden makes controversial remark about Indian-Americans
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| 2007:
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New avian flu outbreaks reported in western Europe
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| 2007:
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Toshiba Transatlantic Challenge - success
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| 2007:
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Lewis Hamilton on top for British Grand Prix
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| 2007:
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West Indies cricket team in England - 3rd ODI
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| 2007:
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Gunman shoots at gamblers at Las Vegas casino
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| 2007:
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Truck bomb in Iraq kills over 100
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| 2007:
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Influential Croat poet Dragutin Tadijanović dies
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| 2007:
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Group claims Fred Thompson lobbied for abortion-rights, Thompson denies
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| 2007:
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Tour de France: Cancellara wins 7.9 km time trial prologue
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| 2008:
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Wax Hitler will return to museum after repairs
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| 2008:
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Suicide bomber attacks Indian Embassy in Kabul, killing at least 41
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| 2008:
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G8 summit launched in Hokkaido, Japan
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| 2008:
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Boeing 747 cargo aircraft crashes in Colombia, three dead
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| 2008:
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Sulpicio Lines asks court to stop BMI investigation into 'Princess of the Stars' disaster
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| 2008:
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40th Ariane 5 rocket launches ProtoStar-1 and Badr-6 satellites
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| 2008:
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Minneapolis I-35W bridge spans Mississippi River
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| 2008:
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Candidates begin campaigning for Glasgow East by-election
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| 2008:
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Captain killed as DC-9 cargo jet crashes onto Mexican highway
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| 2008:
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Alleged axe murderer faces an Australian court
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| 2008:
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Bertha becomes first hurricane of Atlantic season
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| 2009:
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Rachel Weisz wants Botox ban for actors
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| 2009:
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Iran warns West about meddling while clerics opine
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| 2009:
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Tributes paid to the victims of the July 7 2005 London bombings
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| 2009:
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Irish Nobel laureate remains in detention in Israel
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| 2009:
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Bowler Brett Lee to miss first Ashes Test
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| 2010:
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Captain and four shipping companies face legal action over 2009 Australian oil spill
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| 2011:
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Officers accused of framing men for murder in UK's 'biggest' trial of police
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| 2011:
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Bahamas become fourth country to ban shark fishing
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| 2011:
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Jamaican Olympian and coach Pablo McNeil dies aged 71
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History
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Modern impressionist painter 
Hugo Award winning science fiction author, Robert A. Heinlein born in Butler, Missouri
Emmy Award winning producer and screenwriter, David Lloyd born in Bronxville, New York
Singer, songwriter, actor and drummer for The Beatles, Ringo Starr born Richard Starkey in Liverpool, England
Cannes Film Festival Award winning actress, Shelley Duvall born in Houston, Texas
World Champion figure skater, Michelle Kwan born in Torrance, California