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News Trial begins in French tunnel disaster
Trial begins in French tunnel disaster
Kate Heneroty
January 31, 2005 09:27:00 am

The trial to determine responsibility for the massive 1999 fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel , which runs between Italy and France, opened today in France. The fire, which killed 39 people and burned for...

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News Zarqawi aide arrested in Iraq
Zarqawi aide arrested in Iraq
Kate Heneroty
January 24, 2005 08:54:00 am

Iraqi authorities Monday announced the arrest of Sami Mohammed al-Jafi, also known as Abu Omar al-Kurdi, a top aide to al Qaeda-linked Abu Musab al-Zarqawi . Al-Kurdi has been in Iraqi custody since January 15th, but the...

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News Jackson says war, poverty, diminish King’s legacy
Jackson says war, poverty, diminish King’s legacy
Kate Heneroty
January 17, 2005 10:31:00 am

Speaking to congregants at a church near civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior's hometown of Atlanta on the eve of the national holiday celebrating his birth, the Reverend Jesse Jackson said Sunday that war,...

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News British soldiers face Iraqi abuse court martial
British soldiers face Iraqi abuse court martial
Kate Heneroty
January 17, 2005 10:02:00 am

Three British soldiers, Corporal Daniel Kenyon and Lieutenant Corporals Darren Larkin and Martin Cooley, of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, are expected to plead not guilty Tuesday at a court martial on charges of assault...

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News Ukraine Supreme Court hears final election appeal as UN calls for reforms
Ukraine Supreme Court hears final election appeal as UN calls for reforms
Kate Heneroty
January 17, 2005 09:29:00 am

The Supreme Court of Ukraine Monday began hearing a final appeal by defeated candidate and former prime minister Viktor Yanukovych against the December 26 election presidential re-vote that favored opposition...

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News Former Chinese leader who sympathized with Tiananmen protestors dies
Former Chinese leader who sympathized with Tiananmen protestors dies
Kate Heneroty
January 17, 2005 09:02:00 am

Former Communist Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang died Monday at age 85, after suffering a series of strokes. Communist Party hardliners put Zhao under house arrest in 1989 for sympathizing with pro-democracy and human rights activists in Tiananmen...

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News No White House torture memos for Gonzales confirmation hearing
No White House torture memos for Gonzales confirmation hearing
Kate Heneroty
January 4, 2005 10:35:00 am

Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales seems likely to face stiff questioning in his Senate confirmation hearing this week after the Bush administration's refusal to provide senators with copies of his memos on the interrogation of suspected terrorists. Illinois Senator...

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News Navy SEALs face military hearings for prisoner abuse
Navy SEALs face military hearings for prisoner abuse
Kate Heneroty
January 4, 2005 10:10:00 am

A military hearing begins Tuesday at the San Diego Naval Base for a US Navy SEAL accused of punching an Iraqi prisoner and allowing personnel under his command to abuse the prisoner. Manadel al-Jamadi, a suspect in a Red...

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News GOP reverses course on ethics rules
GOP reverses course on ethics rules
Kate Heneroty
January 4, 2005 09:41:00 am

House Republicans on Monday reversed ethics rules adopted in November that would allow party leaders to maintain their posts even if they were indicted for illegal behavior. The closed-door GOP party meeting did, however, make it easier for one...

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British Freedom of Information Act takes effect
Kate Heneroty
January 4, 2005 09:02:00 am

Britain's Freedom of Information Act took substantive effect Monday on the first UK workday of the new year, 4 years after its passage by Parliament. Under the Act, any recorded governmental information, including paper records, e-mails, computer records, audio,...

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Memphis Massacre of 1866 breaks out

The Memphis Massacre of 1866 broke out on May 1 of that year after Black Union veterans and police were involved in an altercation surrounding the arrest of a Black soldier. The ensuing skirmish spiralled out of control due to the racial tensions that followed the end of the US Civil War, lasting for two days and claiming the lives of 46 Black people and six whites.  The riot later cemented support for what would become the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Consitution, ensuring equal protection under the law. Learn more about the Memphis Massacre.  

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States. Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.

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