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Deepwater Horizon sinks and a Five mile long oil slick is seen
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Explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig
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The Coast Guard approves blowout preventer to stop leak, but the blowout preventer fail.
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Coat Guard announces 5,000 Barrels of Oil per day are being dumped in the Gulf of Mexico
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Presedent Obama said that BP is responsible for the cleanup of the oil spill
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BP starts to drill a relief well
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A barge begins towing a containment chamber to the site of the leak
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Oil starts washing ashore
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Fishing is now baned in Federal waters, and the containment dome plan fails.
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Hearings for the BP Executives start in Washington DC
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BP succeeds in inserting a tube into the leaking riser pile of the well
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Nearly double of the Federal waters are closed to fishing
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Oil starts washing ashore from Louisiana to the Florida Keys
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The "Top Kill" plan is started
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President Obama tours Louisiana
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The "Top Kill" plan has failed
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BP shares plunge 17%
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A criminal and investigation begin on the explostion of the rig and the oil spill
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More Federal waters have been closed. Now 37% of the Gulf of Mexico Federal waters are closed to fishing
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BP finally capped off the well
