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1987
The Vatican condemns surrogate parenting as well as test-tube and artificial insemination.
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1982
The United States bans Libyan oil imports, because of the continued support of terrorism.
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1980
Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, lends his support to the militants holding the American hostages in Tehran.
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1975
The North Vietnamese Army attacks the South Vietnamese town of Buon Ma Thout, the offensive will end with total victory in Vietnam.
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1971
The Senate approves a Constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18.
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1969
James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King and is sentenced to 99 years in jail.
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1966
The North Vietnamese capture a Green Beret camp at Ashau Valley.
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1954
President Dwight Eisenhower calls Senator Joseph McCarthy a peril to the Republican Party.
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1953
North Korean gunners at Wonsan fire on the USS Missouri, the ship responds by firing 998 rounds at the enemy position.
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1948
Author Zelda Fitzgerald (wife of F. Scott) dies in a fire at Highland Hospital.
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1947
The Big Four meet in Moscow to discuss the future of Germany.
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1945
American B-29 bombers attack Tokyo, killing 100,000.
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1944
The Irish refuse to oust all Axis envoys and deny the accusation of spying on Allied troops.
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1943
Adolf Hitler calls Field Marshall Erwin Rommel back from Tunisia in North Africa.
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1941
Vichy France threatens to use its navy unless Britain allows food to reach France.