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Bush: Kyoto treaty would have "wrecked" US economy

[JURIST] In a White House interview with Danish television [recorded video via DR] that aired Thursday, US President George W. Bush said that agreeing to the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol [text] on climate change would have "wrecked" the US economy. Bush noted that other "big polluters" like India and China have also refused to accept the treaty's terms. AP has more. Meanwhile British Prime Minister Tony Blair [official website], who plans to discuss issues related to greenhouse gas emissions at the upcoming G8 meeting [official website], has said that the US cannot be persuaded to accept the Kyoto treaty conditions. As G8 host and chair, Blair is debating whether to release a final statement at the summit that excludes the US on environmental issues. The move would be politically risky but it might coax the US into more extended debate about greenhouse gas emissions. The Guardian has more.

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Hitler and Nazis attempt failed coup in Beer Hall Putsch

Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party attempted an ill-faited coup in Munich, Germany on November 8, 1923. Instead of seizing power, the conspirators suffered 15 casualties and their leaders were arrested, including Hitler. The future dictator would spend a year in prison as a result, where he would write his infamous Mein Kampf. Learn more about the Beer Hall Putsch.

Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide

On November 8, 1994, Oregon passed the Death With Dignity Act by voter initiative, becoming the first US state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Read the Death With Dignity Act,

France government opens the Louvre as a public museum

On November 8, 1793, the revolutionary government in France opened the Louvre for the first time as a public museum. Learn more about the history of the Louvre.