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President Bush won NATO's endorsement for his plan to build a missile defense system in Europe over Russian objections. The proposal also advanced with Czech officials announcing an agreement to install a missile tracking site for the system in their country. NATO decided not to put Georgia and Ukraine on track to join the alliance after vehement Russian opposition, but the alliance pledged that the strategically important Black Sea nations will become members one day.
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The whistleblowers who exposed maintenance and inspection problems at Southwest Airlines told Congress their jobs were threatened and their reports of noncompliance were ignored for years by their superiors.
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Corn prices jumped to a record $6 a bushel, driven up by an expected supply shortfall that will only add to Americans' growing grocery bill and further squeeze struggling ethanol producers.
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ATA Airlines discontinued all flights and filed for bankruptcy.
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It was reported that Nikolai Shaposhnikov and Lev Titarchuk had discovered a small black hole in the Milky Way with the aid of NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer satellite. They presented the findings earlier this week at an American Astronomical Society conference. It was discovered alongside a normal star in a binary system called XTE J1650-500
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Wayne "Frosty Freeze" Frost (44), a hip-hop pioneer, died. His acrobatic performance with the legendary Rock Steady Crew in the 1983 movie "Flashdance" helped set off a worldwide breakdancing craze.
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In eastern Kunar province, a truck supplying fuel to NATO troops hit a roadside bomb that killed the Afghan driver.
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MAY, 21
- Current / Future Events
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1995 –
Kasunmu,Nathan, WORLDS YOUNGEST BARACK OBAMA LOOK-ALIKE
1993 –
Dakoda Dowd, American golfer
1989 –
Israel Falou, Australian Rugby League player
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Peter Hartley, English footballer
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Tim Krul, Dutch footballer
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Jay Bruce, American baseball player
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Julie Sokolow, American musician
1987 –
Park Jung Min, Korean singer (SS501)
1987 –
Sal Zizzo, American soccer player
1986 –
Amanda Bynes, American actress
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April, 3
- Births
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2008,
Hrvoje Custic, Croatian football player (b. 1983)
2007,
Marion Eames, Welsh novelist (b. 1921)
2007,
Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
2007,
Nina Wang, Asia's richest woman (b. 1937)
2005,
Tony Croatto, Italian singer (b. 1940)
2005,
Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (b. 1933)
2004,
Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (b. 1942)
2003,
Michael Kelly, American journalist (b. 1957)
2002,
Fad Gadget, English singer and musician (b. 1956)
2000,
Terence McKenna, American writer and philosopher (b. 1946)
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April, 3
- Deaths
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