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Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia broke the world record in winning the Berlin Marathon in two hours, four minutes and 26 seconds.
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A trade union affiliated with former communist rebels attacked Nepal's largest newspaper office, destroying property and forcing a halt to publication. The Kantipur Publication, which publishes the privately run Nepali language newspaper Kantipur and English edition The Kathmandu Post, was attacked by supporters of the All Nepal Printing and Publication Workers' Union.
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A volcanic explosion rocked Yemen’s tiny Jabal al-Tair island in the Red Sea, spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into the air and forcing Yemeni authorities to evacuate a military base. 8 soldiers were missing.
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Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, a property tycoon and one of Bangladesh's richest men, his wife and three sons were sentenced in absentia to five years each in jail as part of a government anti-corruption drive.
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Garry Kasparov, former world chess champion, entered Russia's presidential race, elected overwhelmingly as the candidate for the country's beleaguered opposition coalition.
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Gunmen in the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul sprayed the car of a Sunni politician with bullets, killing him and three bodyguards. Iraqi soldiers killed 44 "terrorists" over the past 24 hours. The operations were centered in Salahuddin and Diyala provinces and around the city of Kirkuk.
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In Burlingame, Ca., a shooting on Highway 101 killed Londell Wilson (25). Police used a stoplight photograph from a nearby exit to identify the car and on Oct 24 arrested Doyal “Ali” Malcolm Webber for the shooting.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1995 –
Harry Stott, Child Actor
1987 –
Denise Laurel, Filipino actress and singer
1986 –
Brian Crawford, Civil Servant/Fundraiser
1986 –
Christian Zapata, Colombian footballer
1986 –
Martin Guptill, New Zealand Cricketer
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Adam Cooney, AFL player
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T-Pain, American rapper/singer
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Adam Jones, American football player
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Andreea Raducan, Romanian gymnast
1982 –
Kieran Culkin, American actor
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September, 30
- Births
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2008,
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Singapore Opposition Leader & former Secretary-General of Singapore's Worker's Party (b. 1926)
2004,
Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor (b. 1936)
2004,
Michael Relph, British film producer and director (b. 1915)
2003,
Robert Kardashian, Armenian-American lawyer (b. 1944)
2003,
Yusuf Bey, Black Muslim leader (b. 1935)
2002,
Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1913)
2002,
Göran Kropp, Swedish adventurer and mountaineer (b. 1966)
1998,
Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player (b. 1953)
1994,
Andre Michael Lwoff, French microbiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1990,
Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
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September, 30
- Deaths
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