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1979
Voyager 1 reaches Jupiter.
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1971
A thousand U.S. planes bomb Cambodia and Laos.
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1968
The Battle of Saigon, begun on the day of the Tet Offensive, ends.
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1951
U.N. forces in Korea under General Matthew Ridgeway launch Operation Ripper, an offensive to straighten out the U.N. front lines against the Chinese.
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1942
Japanese troops land on New Guinea.
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1936
Hitler sends German troops into the Rhineland, violating the Locarno Pact.
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1935
Malcolm Campbell sets an auto speed record of 276.8 mph in Florida.
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1933
The film King Kong premieres in New York City.
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The board game Monopoly is invented.
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1927
A Texas law that bans Negroes from voting is ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
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1925
The Soviet Red Army occupies Outer Mongolia.
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1918
Finland signs an alliance treaty with Germany.
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1912
French aviator, Heri Seimet flies non-stop from London to Paris in three hours.
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1908
Anna Magnani, Italian actress.
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1907
Rolf Jacobsen, Norwegian poet.