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| 1806 | In the Battle of Jena, the Prussians achieved a terrible and tragic loss due to their inability to change tactics as Napoleon's French army had. The Prussians casualties were 25,000; the French only 5,000. Is there a lesson for the U.S. in Iraq?
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| 1832 | The Chickasaw Indians ceded their lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States. This cession avoids a pitched war between the two cultures, which the Chickasaw would have neither the manpower, the technology, nor the military skill to win.
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| 1964 | Martin Luther King {pdf} was awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
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| 1973 | In Thailand, the military dictatorship was overthrown and there was a return to civilian rule.
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| 1980 | President Carter (D) signs the Staggers Rail Act that relaxes the death hold of the government on the railroads. Unfortunately the victim is already blue and will not likely revive.
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| 1982 | And now, President Reagan (R) announces a "War on Drugs"
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| 1994 | The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.
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| 1994 | "Child Abuse Accountability Act", Pub. L. 103-358, becomes law.
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| 1997 | Today's Example of a Most Interesting Government Purchase (announced in the CBD): From the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency: "ADVISORY AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES FOR MARKET BASED RESEARCH", AMT $27,832,036 TO The Cadmus Group, Inc. and $27,963,713 TO ICF Incorporated
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