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In 2004, actor Christopher Reeve, who played Superman in the movies and strenuously pushed spinal cord research after he was paralyzed in an accident, died at the age of 52.

In 2005, desperate Pakistani earthquake survivors ambushed army trucks carrying relief supplies as the reported death toll in Pakistan and India topped 42,000.

Also in 2005, nine insurgent attacks killed at least 55 people in Iraq, including one suicide bomber who drove into a crowded market in Talafar.

In 2006, Cory Lidle, a 34-year-old right-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees, was killed when the light plane he was flying crashed into a 50-story residential building in New York.

In 2007, military reports said Taliban-affiliated fighters stepped up attacks on the Pakistani military near the Afghanistan border. The four-day death toll was put at 60 Pakistani soldiers and 200 militants.

Also in 2007, the Dow Jones industrial average reached record of 14,198.10.

 

In 2008, the U.S. State Department removed North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. In return, North Korea agreed to give international inspectors access to its nuclear facilities and to continue disabling its plutonium processing project.

In 2009, three hostages and four Taliban militants died when Special Forces stormed Pakistani army headquarters to rescue 42 hostages.

In 2010, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu proposed a halt to West Bank settlement construction if Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

In 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs bill was blocked by the Republican-dominated Senate, failing to receive the 60 votes needed to proceed to debate. Obama said he would fight on and urged GOP leaders to offer an alternative plan.


Copyright 2012 by United Press International

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