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In 1993, fighting erupted in the streets of Moscow between pro- and anti-Yeltsin forces. Sixty-two people died in the violence that ended two days later when the rebel vice president and speaker of Parliament surrendered.

In 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of charges that he killed his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman.

Also in 1995, a bomb nearly killed the president of Macedonia, a relatively peaceful part of the former Yugoslavia.

In 2001, amid rising concerns about the use of lethal substances by terrorists, the U.S. government said it was planning to stockpile 40 million doses of smallpox vaccine.

In 2002, fear escalated in the Washington area as five people were killed over a 16-hour period in apparent random sniper shootings.

In 2005, a Texas grand jury indicted U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, the former House of Representatives majority leader, for money laundering. The indictment was aimed at correcting problems with an earlier charge against him.

In 2007, U.S. President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have increased funding of the State Children's Health Insurance Program to provide health coverage to more than 10 million children. Bush said the proposal was a move toward universal healthcare, which he opposed.

In 2008, U.S. President George W. Bush signed the $700 billion bailout bill into law.

 

Also in 2008, Wachovia National Bank, which would later report a record third-quarter loss of $23.7 billion, agreed to be purchased by Wells Fargo for $15.4 billion.

And, O.J. Simpson and a co-defendant were convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping in connection with a 2007 Las Vegas incident. Simpson and five others were charged with stealing sports memorabilia from two collectibles dealers.

In 2009, General Motors announced it was closing its Saturn line of cars.

Also in 2009, the 27-nation European Union, with unanimous support after Irish voters backed the project, planned to name a full-time president and strengthen its foreign ministry.

In 2010, Dilma Rousseff narrowly missed the necessary 50 percent to become Brazil's next president and was forced into an Oct. 31 runoff with Jose Serra.

In 2011, Amanda Knox, a U.S. exchange student from Seattle convicted with her boyfriend of sexually assaulting and murdering her British roommate at an Italian college, was set free after serving four years of a 26-year sentence when their convictions were overturned on appeal.

Also in 2011, Iraqi security forces rescued 13 hostages following an attack by gunmen on a facility west of Baghdad that killed 10 people. Five of the attackers were slain.


Copyright 2012 by United Press International

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