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In Cape Canaveral, Florida, a rocket carried 5 satellites into orbit as part of the THEMIS mission to study magnetic storms in the Earth’s atmosphere.
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In North Dakota More than 8,900 people flapped their arms and legs on the state Capitol grounds in an attempt to reclaim the record, which was snatched away about a year ago in Michigan. The snow angel category was created in 2002 when 1,791 people made snow angels on the Capitol grounds in North Dakota.
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In Chicago 3 women were found bludgeoned to death with a hammer in two apartments on the city's far North Side. Police had a suspect in custody. All were Assyrian Christians, and recent immigrants to the US.
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In southwestern Pennsylvania fire swept through a house in Waynesburg, killing six young children and a woman and injuring one other person.
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NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan shot to death an Afghan civilian mistaken for a suicide bomber because of twine and straps protruding from his jacket.
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In Rio de Janeiro the Black Ball band, which has played carnival since 1918
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About 40 prisoners escaped from a jail in East Timor, adding to security concerns as it prepares for elections following political turmoil and violence last year.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1996 –
Sasha Pieterse, South African actress
1992 –
Meaghan Jette Martin, American actress and singer
1991 –
Bonnie Wright, British actress
1988 –
Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
1986 –
Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer
1986 –
Sandra Nilsson, Swedish model
1985 –
Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian skijumper
1985 –
Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model
1984 –
AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
1984 –
Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler
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February, 17
- Births
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2009,
Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931)
2009,
Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter (b. 1922)
2008,
Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935)
2007,
Jurga Ivanauskaite, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
2007,
Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
2007,
Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
2007,
Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
2006,
Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)
2006,
Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948)
2005,
Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919)
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February, 17
- Deaths
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