On May 10th in US Political History
Part VIII
On May 10th in 1998 Tax freedom day, the day the average American taxpayer will have earned enough to pay his annual taxes.
On May 10th in 1998 The FAA grounded older models of the Boeing 737 after mandatory inspections of some aircraft found extensive wear in power lines through wing fuel tanks.
On May 10th in 1999 US tax freedom day, the day by which citizens met their financial obligations to the government. In 1902 it was Jan 31, and in 1940 it was Mar 8.
On May 10th in 1999 A military jury at Camp Lejeuneh, North Carolina, sentenced Captain Richard Ashby, a Marine pilot whose jet had clipped an Italian gondola cable, sending 20 people plunging to their deaths, to six months in prison and dismissed him from the corps for helping hide a videotape shot during the flight. Ashby was acquitted earlier of manslaughter.
On May 10th in 1999 The US approved the export of 2 Motorola Iridium satellites to China.
On May 10th in 1999 In China Pres. Jiang Zemin said that NATO must stop bombing Yugoslavia before the UN Security Council considers any peace plan to end the Kosovo conflict. China broke off talks on arms control with the United States, and allowed demonstrators to hurl stones at the US Embassy in Beijing for a third day to protest NATO’s bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia.
On May 10th in 1998 The FAA grounded older models of the Boeing 737 after mandatory inspections of some aircraft found extensive wear in power lines through wing fuel tanks.
On May 10th in 1999 US tax freedom day, the day by which citizens met their financial obligations to the government. In 1902 it was Jan 31, and in 1940 it was Mar 8.
On May 10th in 1999 A military jury at Camp Lejeuneh, North Carolina, sentenced Captain Richard Ashby, a Marine pilot whose jet had clipped an Italian gondola cable, sending 20 people plunging to their deaths, to six months in prison and dismissed him from the corps for helping hide a videotape shot during the flight. Ashby was acquitted earlier of manslaughter.
On May 10th in 1999 The US approved the export of 2 Motorola Iridium satellites to China.
On May 10th in 1999 In China Pres. Jiang Zemin said that NATO must stop bombing Yugoslavia before the UN Security Council considers any peace plan to end the Kosovo conflict. China broke off talks on arms control with the United States, and allowed demonstrators to hurl stones at the US Embassy in Beijing for a third day to protest NATO’s bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia.
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