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A judge rules against the death penalty in the case of Naveed Haq, a man convicted in the shooting death and injuries at the Jewish Federation in Seattle. |
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2005 New York City transit strike: New York Citys Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike, shutting down all New York City Subway and Bus services. |
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US District Court Judge John E. Jones III ruled against mandating teaching "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District. |
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US Senator Trent Lott resigns as majority leader. |
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Argentine economic crisis (1999-2002): President of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa is forced out of office. |
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Macau is handed over to the Peoples Republic of China by Portugal. |
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American astronomer and Astrophysicist Carl Edward Sagan dies at age 62. |
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NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X. |
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NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia. |
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An American Airlines Flight 965 Boeing 757 crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 160. |
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The Democratic Social Movement is founded in Greece. |
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Paul Keating becomes the 24th Prime Minister of Australia. |
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A Missouri court passes the death sentence on Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina. |
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United States invasion of Panama: United States sends troops into Panama to overthrow government of Manuel Noriega. |
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The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna. |
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The Summit tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million litres of petrol derails near the town of Todmorden in the Pennines. |
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The first ever on-stage performance of the award-winning Broadway musical Dreamgirls at Imperial Theatre on Broadway. |
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The Spanish Prime Minister, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid |
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National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed. |
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Cardiff was proclaimed as the capital city of Wales,United Kingdom |
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United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87. |
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Nuclear power first harvested when EBR-1 powers four light bulbs. |
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World War II: Bombing of Calcutta by the Japanese. |
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World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China. |
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Cheka, first Soviet secret police, founded. |
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World War I: Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli. |
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South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States. |
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First signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence at Goliad, Texas. |
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Louisiana Purchase completed at a ceremony in New Orleans. |
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The Virginia Company loaded three ships with settlers and set sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas |
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Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually re-settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta. |
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Richard the Lion-Heart was captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the crusade. |
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Vespasian, a former general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of emperor. |
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