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A 6.4-magnitude quake struck on the southern tip of Sakhalin island, just north of Japan. At least 2 people were killed and some 2,000 in Nevelsk moved to tent camps after the powerful earthquake left apartment buildings in ruins.
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A Libyan official said that Moammar Gadhafi's long-isolated country has signed contracts worth $405 million with French companies for missiles and communications equipment.
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A Marine Corps squad leader was convicted at Camp Pendleton, Calif., of murdering an Iraqi man during a frustrated search for an insurgent. Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutchins III was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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A US appeals court ruled that Katrina victims cannot collect for damage from levee breaches.
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An Islamic militant and a policeman died when officers foiled a suicide bombing at a Pakistani police school in Sargodha.
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An unmanned Russian cargo ship carrying over 2.5 tons of supplies, equipment and gifts blasted off for the international space station.
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Armen Baliantz (b.1921), SF restaurateur born in China to Armenian parents, died. Her Bali’s Restaurant at Pacific and Battery, had closed in Feb, 1985.
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MAY, 21
- Current / Future Events
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1992 –
Hallie Kate Eisenberg, American actress
1990 –
Alice Connor, British actress
1988 –
Brittany Hargest, American singer (Jump5)
1986 –
Mathieu Razanakolona, Malagasy skier
1985 –
Harry Smith, Canadian professional wrestler
1984 –
Chiara Mastalli, Italian actress
1984 –
Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer
1983 –
Molly Bish, American Abductee
1983 –
Nick Diaz, American MMA fighter
1982 –
Grady Sizemore, American baseball player
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August, 2
- Births
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2008,
Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1935)
2007,
Chauncey Bailey, American journalist and editor (b. 1950)
2007,
Holden Roberto, Angolan founder and leader of the FNLA (b. 1923)
2007,
Kay Dotrice, English repertory actress (b. 1929)
2005,
Steven Vincent, American journalist and writer (b. 1955)
2004,
Don Tosti, American musician (b. 1923)
2004,
François Craenhals, Belgian comics artist (b. 1926)
2003,
Don Estelle, British actor (b. 1933)
2003,
Mike Levey, American television personality (b. 1948)
2003,
Peter Safar, Austrian physician (b. 1924)
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August, 2
- Deaths
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