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1976
The first women enter the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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1972
Richard Nixon announces that no new draftees will be sent to Vietnam.
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1971
The Supreme Court overturns the draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali.
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1970
Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] stands before the Supreme Court regarding his refusal of induction into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
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1967
14 people are shot during race riots in Buffalo, New York.
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1964
Malcolm X founds the Organization for Afro-American Unity to seek independence for blacks in the Western Hemisphere.
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1954
French troops begin to pull out of Vietnam’s Tonkin province.
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1950
General Douglas MacArthur arrives in South Korea as Seoul falls to the North.
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1949
The last U.S. combat troops are called home from Korea, leaving only 500 advisers.
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1947
Mark Helprin, novelist (Winter’s Tale).
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1945
General Douglas MacArthur announces the end of Japanese resistance in the Philippines.
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1942
German troops launch an offensive to seize Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus and the city of Stalingrad.
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1938
Congress creates the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure construction loans.
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1930
More than 1,000 communists are routed during an assault on the British consulate in London.
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1926
Mel Brooks, comedian, actor, and director (The Producers, Blazing Saddles).