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Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional,…
Bashar al-Assad succeeds his father Hafez al-Assad as President of Syria.
Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its…
The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire…
Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of…
The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22…
Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second…
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the killing of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by Israeli police in…
Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer, is badly damaged by two al-Qaeda suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and…
A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic
NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic
NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic
Neo-Nazi David Copeland carries out the last of his three nail bombings in London at the Admiral Duncan gay pub, killing
Panamanian general election: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama
Panamanian general election: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama