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In 1992, Volker Keith Meinhold became the first openly gay person on active duty in the U.S. military when, armed with a court order, he reported to work at Moffett Naval Air Station in Mountain View, Calif., for reinstatement as a chief petty officer.

In 1993, pop star Michael Jackson, hounded by allegations that he had molested a teenage boy, canceled the rest of his worldwide Dangerous tour, citing an addiction to painkillers.

In 1997, Ramzi Ahmed and Eyad Ismoil were convicted of involvement in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. Four other men had been convicted in 1994.

In 2001, an American Airlines Airbus crashed shortly after takeoff from JFK Airport in New York. More than 260 people died in the crash.

In 2003, actor Art Carney, who won fame and Emmy Awards as sewer worker Ed Norton on the Honeymooners TV show in the 1950s and an Oscar in 1974 for Harry and Tonto, died at age 85.

In 2005, al-Qaida named Queen Elizabeth II of England one of the severest enemies of Islam, said to be justification for July bombings in London.

In 2007, police in Jokela, Finland, said they believed a teenager who killed eight high school classmates may have had Internet contact with a Philadelphia youth who was arrested for planning a similar attack.

 

In 2008, a Taipei court ordered former President Chen Shui-bian, an advocate of independence for Taiwan, detained on corruption and other charges. The ruling came one day after Chen was questioned for six hours on embezzlement, fraud, bribe and money-laundering allegations.

In 2009, U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting spree. Hasan, a 39-year-old psychiatrist, allegedly gunned down 12 unarmed soldiers and one civilian on Nov. 5, injuring more than 30 others.

In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block the U.S. Defense Department from discharging openly gay military personnel under its don't ask, don't tell policy. A federal judge earlier ruled the policy was unconstitutional and should be ended.

Also in 2010, pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with a crew of 31 almost 1,350 miles from the Horn of Africa in waters closer to India than to home base Somalia.

In 2011, the Arab League voted to suspend Syria because of its reported brutal treatment of protesters and failure to implement the group's peace plan. Eighteen of the 22 league states supported the suspension. The United Nations said more than 3,500 civilians had died in protest clashes since mid-March.


Copyright 2012 by United Press International

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