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2000
Serbia joins the United Nations.
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1982
Honda opens a plant in Marysville, Ohio, becoming the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the US.
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1981
LaTavia Roberson, singer, songwriter; original member of Destiny’s Child group.
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Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom.
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1973
Leon Jaworski appointed as new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
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1968
The Motion Picture Association of America officially introduces its rating system to indicate age-appropriateness of film content.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson calls a halt to bombing in Vietnam, hoping this will lead to progress at the Paris peace talks.
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1967
Tina Arena (Filippina Lydia Arena), singer, songwriter, actress, record producer; first Australian to receive the Order of State; awarded Knighthood of the Order of National Merit, by the President of the French Republic (2009).
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The first issue of Rolling Stone hits the streets.
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1964
Karen Marie Moning, bestselling author; her Highlander and Fever series blend urban fantasy with Celtic mythology.
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1960
Tim Cook, business executive; CEO of Apple, inc. (2011– ).
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1958
Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter, director, producer (Being John Malkovich; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).
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1951
Algerian National Liberation Front begins guerrilla warfare against the French.
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1950
Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Software and Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement attempt to assassinate President Harry S Truman.