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Serbia (Then The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
Wednesday Jul 23, 1997
Slobodan Milošević
The President of The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Serbia (Then The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
Wednesday Jul 23, 1997
On 23 July 1997, Milošević assumed the presidency of the Federation (The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), though it had been understood he had held the real power for some time before then.

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New York, U.S.
Wednesday Jul 23, 1997
Richard Jewell
Richard Jewell v. New York Post
New York, U.S.
Wednesday Jul 23, 1997
On July 23, 1997, Jewell sued the New York Post for $15 million in damages, contending that the paper portrayed him in articles, photographs and an editorial cartoon as an "aberrant" person with a "bizarre employment history" who was probably guilty of the bombing.

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