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Paul Tagliabue announced he would step down as NFL commissioner after 16 years.
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In San Diego, Ca., Japan’s baseball team beat Cuba 10-6 in the World Baseball Classic. The US team was embarrassingly knocked out in the second of the four rounds.
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Save the Children, a British charity, said some 9 million children in Africa have lost a mother to AIDS, calling on donors to sharply increase aid to meet their needs.
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In Jordan an appeals court has overturned the conviction of a Jordanian found guilty of financing Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi's insurgent group in Iraq. The Court of Cassation said the Oct. 31 conviction of Bilal Mansur al-Hiyari by the military State Security Court "fell short of adequate justifications and causes."
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In Kyrgyzstan protesters stormed a police station in Jalal-Abad forcing officers to flee, a day after baton-wielding police evicted demonstrators from two government buildings they had occupied to protest alleged election fraud. 4 policemen were reported killed.
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Severe flooding caused by snowmelt and torrential rains across Afghanistan left nearly 20 dead and thousands homeless.
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In Bangladesh about 15,000 people were left homeless after twin tornadoes simultaneously tore through northern Gaibandha and Rangpur districts, killing 55 people and wounding 1,000 others.
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Displaying results 57-63 (of 285)
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1990 –
Joaquin Maria Gutierrez, Filipino violinist
1989 –
Catherine McNeil, Australian model
1989 –
Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer
1987 –
Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian football player
1987 –
Jô, Brazilian footballer
1987 –
Patrick Boyle, Scottish footballer
1987 –
Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer
1987 –
Rollo Weeks, English actor
1987 –
Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian hockey player
1986 –
Dean Geyer, Australian singer and actor
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March, 20
- Births
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2009,
Mel Brown, American/Canadian Blues Guitarist (b. 1939)
2008,
Eric Ashton, English rugby league footballer (b. 1935)
2008,
Shoban Babu, Indian actor (b. 1937)
2008,
Brian Wilde, English actor (b. 1921)
2008,
Klaus Dinger, German Musician (b. 1946)
2007,
Gilbert E. Patterson, presiding bishop of COGIC (b. 1939)
2007,
Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi politician (b. 1938)
2007,
Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)
2005,
Armand Lohikoski, Finnish film director (b. 1912)
2004,
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (b. 1909)
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March, 20
- Deaths
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