§ 01 — Observances
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What we celebrate today.
- i. World Day for Safety at Work Global
CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.
Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving US secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense.
Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-correction.
Today is celebrated as World Day for Safety at Work in Global.