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Vietnam's former deputy trade minister and his son went on trial for accepting bribes for quotas to export textiles to the US, in a major graft case with 14 defendants.
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The US Agriculture Dept. confirmed that a cow in Alabama had tested positive for mad cow disease. The animal had not entered the food supply for people of animals. This case of the disease, as well as one from Texas in 2005
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Deadly tornadoes raked the Midwest while wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle.
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The Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Black Sabboth, Blondie, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Sex Pistols at a ceremony in NYC.
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The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force announced a merger with the Institute for Welcoming Resources, a religious group representing 1,400 Protestant organizations that unconditionally welcome gays and lesbians.
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US Credit-card issuer Capital One Financial Corp. said it has agreed to buy North Fork Bancorp. Inc. in a stock and cash deal worth about $14.6 billion.
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The McClatchy Co. said it has reached a deal to buy Knight Ridder Inc., the second-largest U.S. newspaper publisher, for about $4.5 billion in cash and stock. McClatchy will also assume about $2 billion in Knight Ridder's debt.
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- Current / Future Events
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1999 –
Wiktoria Gasiewska, Polish actress
1989 –
Harry Melling, British actor
1987 –
Marco Andretti, American racecar driver (grandson of Mario Andretti, son of Michael Andretti)
1986 –
Chiaki Kyan, Japanese gravure idol
1985 –
Alcides, Brazilian football player
1985 –
Austin Scott, American football player
1985 –
Emile Hirsch, American actor
1984 –
Marc Zwiebler, German badminton player
1984 –
Matthew Randazzo V, American writer
1984 –
Noel Fisher, Canadian actor
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March, 13
- Births
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2009,
Andrew Martin, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1975)
2009,
Betsy Blair, American actress of film and stage, (b. 1923
2007,
Arnold Skaaland, American professional wrestler (b. 1925)
2006,
Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)
2006,
Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925)
2006,
Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (b. 1921)
2006,
Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) (b. 1942)
2004,
Franz König, Austrian Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1905)
2002,
Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
2001,
Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (b. 1895)
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March, 13
- Deaths
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