George W. Bush (July 6, 1946 to present)) 43rd Vice President of the United States
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You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on. — George W. Bush
Dick Cheney (Jan. 30, 1941 to present) 46th Vice President of the United States
World events
• Several European newspapers reprint controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, sparking outrage and rioting for weeks. • Iran refuses access to U.N. inspectors. Many worry over Iran’s intent to build a nuclear bomb.
• Iran tests missiles capable of reaching Israel. • Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust ever existed. • Saddam Hussein is charged and found
guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging. • Sydney, Australia’s temperature hits 113 degrees. • Tsunami strikes the Indonesian island of Java, killing 300. • North Korea declares it has carried out its first test of a nuclear weapon, becoming the world’s 9th nuclear power. • Italy wins the World Cup in Germany,
defeating France.
U.S. news
• California suffers worst heat wave in recent history with temperatures reaching 115 and lasting for a two week period. • Zacarias Moussaoui convicted of conspiring to kill Americans as part of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. • Tornado outbreak affects Iosa, Indiana, Missouri. • U.S. Energy Dept.
releases a report saying there are about a trillion barrels worth of oil in the form of oil reserves in the Green River basin. • President Bush acknowledges secret CIA prisons around the world outside of U.S. legal jurisdiction. • Eight U.S. seaports sold to Middle East. • 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits Hawaii. • Two major E-Coli breakouts caused by fresh spinach and lettuce affects 500 people. • One-day boycott on April 10 of U.S. schools and businesses by one million immigrants, both legal and illegal.
Technology
• The one billionth song is purchased from iTunes. • Nintendo releases the Wii with the MSRP of $249.99. • Google purchases YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock. • Pluto is downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet by the IAU.
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