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May 21, 2003

May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a sudden and sometimes catastrophic movement of a part of the Earths surface. ... The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ... Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... John William Sterling (May 12, 1844 - July 5, 1918) was a philanthropist, corporate attorney, and major benefactor to Yale University. ... City nickname: The Elm City Location in the state of Connecticut Founded April 24, 1638 County New Haven County Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. ... The Joint Terrorism Task Force is a section of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation charged with taking action against terrorism. ... A pipe bomb is a simple type of improvised explosive device favored by criminals, a piece of pipe filled with an explosive material. ... Mary Bell, age 10, at the time of the murders. ... The term High Court could refer to one of the following institutions: High Court of England and Wales High Court of Australia The Four Courts of Ireland The High Court of Justiciary in Scotland And the 18 High Courts of India The High Court of Andhra Pradesh The High Court... For humans, anonymity (from the greek ανώνυμος (αν-ώνυμος, without-name or name-less) is the state of ones personal identity or personally identifiable information being hidden or unknown. ...

 

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