Sheya Blog

Thursday South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint introduced an amendment to the Constitution that would apply term limits to members of Congress.

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Netanyahu will be in the United States May 22-24 to speak at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) annual policy conference in Washington.

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British Parliament adopts the Coercive Acts – Congress censures Jackson – First American citizen killed during WWI – Eisenhower dies – Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island – .7 magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia

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Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the Soviet Union’s leader – Lithuania proclaims its independence – Janet Reno becomes the first female Attorney General of the United States – Madrid train bombings – Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile

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Congress abolishes the African slave trade – Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the most disputed and controversial presidential elections in American history – Operation Rolling Thunder in North Vietnam begins – Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan begins – The Ashura Massacre in Iraq – Bush honors the Boston Red Sox

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