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1985
Thomas Creighton dies after having three heart transplants in a 46-hour period.
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1982
The United States accuses the Soviets of killing 3,000 Afghans with poison gas.
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1973
Two bombs explode near Trafalgar Square in Great Britain injuring 234 people.
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1970
The Nixon administration discloses the deaths of 27 Americans in Laos.
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1966
Australia announces that it will triple the number of troops in Vietnam.
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1965
More than 4,000 Marines land at Da Nang in South Vietnam and become the first U.S. combat troops in Vietnam.
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1961
Max Conrad circles the globe in a record time of eight days, 18 hours and 49 minutes in Piper Aztec.
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1954
France and Vietnam open talks in Paris on a treaty to form the state of Indochina.
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1948
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional.
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1945
Phyllis Mae Daley receives a commission in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. She will become the first African-American nurse to serve duty in World War II.
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1943
Japanese forces attack American troops on Hill 700 in Bougainville. The battle will last five days.
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1942
Japanese troops capture Rangoon, Burma.
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1941
Martial law is proclaimed in Holland in order to extinguish any anti-Nazi protests.
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1923
John McPhee, writer (Oranges, A Sense of Where You Are).
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Cyd Charisse, dancer, actress.