December 7, 2015

December 7th in History Part III


On December 7th in History Part III
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On December 7th in 1993 - Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary revealed that the U.S. government had conducted more than 200 nuclear weapons tests in secret at its Nevada test site.

On December 7th in 1993 - Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders suggested that the U.S. government study the impact of drug legalization.

On December 7th in 1996 - The space shuttle Columbia returned from the longest-ever shuttle flight of 17 days, 15 hours and 54 minutes.

On December 7th in 1998 - The U.N. evacuated 14 peacekeepers that were trapped by fighting between army and rebel forces in central Angola.

On December 7th in 1998 - U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno declined to seek an independent counsel investigation of President Clinton over 1996 campaign financing.

On December 7th in 1999 - A U.S. federal grand jury indicted a former convict in the 1995 disappearance of atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair.

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