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1999 - Roman Catholic Church and Lutheran Church leaders sign the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, ending a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of faith and salvation.

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1999 - Death of Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (born 1975).

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2000 - Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment in the Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, killing 83.

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2001 - Searchers recover $230 million in gold and silver from vaults of the Bank of Nova Scotia among rubble of the destroyed World Trade Center in New York City.

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2003 - Death of Richard Neustadt, American political historian (born 1919).

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2003 - Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia after 22 years in power.

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2004 - Leftist candidate Tabaré Vázquez is elected President of Uruguay.

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2005 - U.S. President George W. Bush nominates Federal Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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2005 - Birth of Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and his wife Letizia.

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2006 - Death of Pieter Willem Botha at age 90, former State President of South Africa (born 1916).

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