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1998 - Death of Elmer Valo, Slovak Major League Baseball player (born 1921).

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2000 - The first 15 women pass the test for service with weapons in the German army.

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2000 - Apple Computer begins shipping the first personal computers with standard dual processors, the Power Mac G4 with dual 450 or 500 MHz processors.

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2001 - United Kingdom politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer is sentenced to four years in prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice.

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2001 - Square releases the Final Fantasy X video game for the PlayStation 2 in Japan. 2.5 million copies sell by the end of the year.

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2002 - Death of Alan Lomax, American folklorist and musicologist (born 1915).

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2002 - In Henan Province, the People's Republic of China, 25 die and hundreds are injured due to hail.

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2004 - Death of Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (born 1911).

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2005 - Death of John Tyndall, British activist (born 1934).

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2005 - President George W. Bush nominates Appeals Court Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court, following the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor.

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