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1991
General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the coalition army, sends in ground forces during the Gulf War.
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1972
Hanoi negotiators walk out of the peace talks in Paris to protest U.S. air raids on North Vietnam.
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1968
North Vietnamese troops capture the imperial palace in Hue, South Vietnam.
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1959
Khrushchev rejects the Western plan for the Big Four meeting on Germany.
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1947
Franz von Papen is sentenced to eight years in a labor camp for war crimes.
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1945
U.S. forces liberate prisoners of war in the Los Baños Prison in the Philippines.
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1944
Merrill’s Marauders, a specially trained group of American soldiers, begin their ground campaign against Japan into Burma.
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1928
The New Gallery of New York exhibits works of Archibald Motley, its first show to feature a black artist.
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1921
Herbert Hoover becomes Secretary of Commerce.
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1916
A film version of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea opens in New York.
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1914
Civil War soldier Joshua Chamberlain dies.
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1912
The Jewish organization Hadassah is founded in New York City.
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Italy bombs Beirut in the first act of war against the Ottoman Empire.
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1909
August Derleth, writer (Still is the Summer Night, The Shield of the Valiant).
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1908
Japan officially agrees to restrict emigration to the U.S.