On April 29th in US Political History
Part V
On April 29th in 1999 Yugoslavia filed World Court cases against 10 countries, including the United States, claiming their bombing campaign breached international law.
On April 29th in 2000 Tens of thousands of angry Cuban-Americans marched peacefully through Miami’s Little Havana, protesting the raid in which armed federal agents took six-year-old Elian Gonzalez from the home of relatives.
On April 29th in 2000 In Washington DC some 1000 gay and lesbian couples proclaimed their love at the Lincoln Memorial as part of the events leading to the 4th annual Millennium March the next day.
On April 29th in 2001 The International Monetary Fund endorsed a program to establish better procedures to prevent a repeat of the 1997-98 Asian currency crisis that plunged two-fifths of the world into recession.
On April 29th in 2003 President Bush embraced a plan for a $15 billion AIDS initiative that included money for groups that promote birth control and abortion.
On April 29th in 2003 The US said it would withdraw all combat forces from Saudi Arabia.
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