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Novak names a CIA officer; Wilson's wife is blown, her covert career over

Two senior administration officials are the columnist's sources, eight days after Wilson accused the White House of twisting Iraq intelligence.

Eight days earlier, Joseph Wilson had accused the Bush administration of twisting intelligence to justify the Iraq War. On July 14, 2003, columnist Robert Novak answered back by revealing that Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was a CIA officer working under non-official cover, citing two senior administration officials as his sources. The disclosure ended her covert career and opened a criminal investigation that would reach into the office of the vice president…

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1798

It is now a federal crime to publish "false or malicious" criticism of officials; Adams signs the Sedition Act

The last of four laws Congress has passed since June, the act caps a Federalist push to silence perceived French sympathizers working against the government.
1881

Garrett fires in the dark, and Billy the Kid is dead at twenty-one

The outlaw walks into Pete Maxwell's bedroom at Fort Sumner asking "¿Quién es?"; Garrett's first shot strikes just above the heart.
1943

Roosevelt signs a monument into existence for Carver; no Black American has been honored this way before

The site near Diamond, Missouri, where Carver was born into slavery, becomes the first national monument built to honor a private citizen.
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Friar Juan Crespí and engineer Costansó ride along to map the coast as Spain moves to counter Russian traders pressing south.
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1995

Discovery lifts off at last; woodpecker damage and a mid-count signal flag had held it back

Six hours after launch, the crew deploys TDRS-G, the last first-generation tracking satellite, raised toward geostationary orbit by the Inertial Upper Stage.
2013

Cassini turns its camera toward Earth; Saturn's shadow makes it possible

Imaging leader Carolyn Porco positioned the spacecraft to catch the sun eclipsed by Saturn, putting Earth in the frame 1.44 billion kilometers away, and millions look up and wave.
1997

Old Ironsides sails again; Cronkite takes the helm off Marblehead

The 1797 frigate moves under her own canvas for the first time in 116 years, on sails paid for through a national campaign of citizen and student donations.
1999

Collins becomes first woman to command a shuttle; Columbia loses an engine on the way up

A loose pin ruptures coolant tubes during ascent, but Columbia still reaches orbit to release the heaviest payload NASA had ever flown.
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