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Angel Gonzalez (82), one of Spain's most prominent poets and member of a literary generation known for its opposition to the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco, died.
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Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) won a landslide victory over the ruling DPP in legislative elections, dealing a humiliating blow to the government's hardline China policies two months before a presidential poll.
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In Venezuela Commander Hugo Chavez, spearheaded the installation of the Founding Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) at the San Carlos quarter in Caracas.
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America formally opened its new $174 million base at the south Pole. It took almost 20 years to design and build.
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Greenpeace said its protest ship located Japan's whaling fleet in Antarctic waters and is pursuing it to stop the hunt for the giant sea creatures.
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State media said China will have 30 million more men of marriageable age than women in less than 15 years as a gender imbalance resulting in part from the country's tough one-child policy becomes more pronounced. In northern China an underground gas explosion struck the Niuxinhui Coal Mine in the province of Shanxi killing 13 people with 9 injured. Police in southern China arrested 10 farmers in Botang in the impoverished region of Guangxi embroiled in a dispute with a paper mill over pollution they say is killing their crops and fouling their water sources.
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China and Russia blocked the Security Council from demanding an end to political repression and human rights violations in military-ruled Myanmar, rejecting a resolution proposed by the United States. South Africa sided with China and Russia.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1998 –
Nathan Gamble, American actor
1995 –
Laurel McGoff, American singer
1993 –
Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer
1992 –
Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol
1990 –
Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player
1988 –
Andrew Lawrence, American actor
1988 –
Chris Casement, Irish footballer
1987 –
Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer
1987 –
Will Rothhaar, American actor
1986 –
Kieron Richardson, English actor
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January, 12
- Births
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2009,
Claude Berri, French movie director (b. 1934)
2009,
Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912)
2007,
Sir James Killen, Australian politician (b. 1925)
2007,
Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
2005,
Alessia di Matteo, first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (b. 2003)
2005,
Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
2005,
Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-born cartoonist (b. 1914)
2004,
Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
2004,
Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
2003,
Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. 1912)
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January, 12
- Deaths
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