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Pres. Bush picked Johns Hopkins physicist Michael Griffin to lead NASA.
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The US Commerce Dept. reported the US trade deficit for January hit $58.3 billion. It was just below the all-time high set in Nov, 2004.
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Maurice Greenberg, president and CEO of AIG Int’l. Group, transferred 1.4 million shares of AIG stock, valued at $2.68 billion, to his wife. He resigned March 14 amid probes of the company’s accounting.
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Crude oil futures prices climbed over $54 a barrel after the Int’l. Energy Agency estimated global petroleum demand would grow faster than previously expected in 2005.
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Canada’s Jetsgo announced in the dead of night that it was going out of business and grounding all flights immediately as thousands of passengers prepared to jet away for March break, one of the busiest travel periods of the year.
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Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, co-founder of the Cali drug cartel, was sent in handcuffs on a plane to the US to face trial for drug trafficking and related charges. The cartel at its peak ruled the world's cocaine industry.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1991 –
Jack Rodwell, British football player
1989 –
Anton Yelchin, Russian/American actor
1987 –
Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 –
Mariko Shinoda, Japanese actress and member of AKB48
1985 –
Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan Cricketer
1985 –
Derek Schouman, American football player
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Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian soccer player
1985 –
Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 –
Anna Tsuchiya, Japanese model, actress and singer
1984 –
Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor
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March, 11
- Births
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2009,
Charles Lewis, Jr., American businessman, promoter and entertainer (b. 1963/1964)
2007,
Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
2006,
Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
2006,
Slobodan Miloševic, President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia (b. 1941)
2003,
Brian Cleeve, Irish author (b. 1921)
2003,
Ivar Hansen, speaker of the Danish Folketing (b. 1938)
2002,
James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
1999,
Camille Laurin, Quebec psychiatrist and politician (b. 1922)
1996,
Vince Edwards, American film actor and director (b. 1928)
1993,
Dino Bravo, Italian-born professional wrestler (b. 1949),
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March, 11
- Deaths
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