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2007
Cyclone Sidr strikes Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people.
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1990
People’s Republic of Bulgaria replaced by a new republican government.
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1988
Palestinian National Council proclaims an independent State of Palestine.
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1985
Anglo-Irish Agreement signed by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald.
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1984
Baby Fae dies 20 days after receiving a baboon heart transplant in Loma Linda, California.
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1976
A Syrian peace force takes control of Beirut, Lebanon.
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1969
A quarter of a million anti-Vietnam War demonstrators march in Washington, D.C.
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1965
In the second day of combat, regiments of the 1st Cavalry Division battle on Landing Zones X-Ray against North Vietnamese forces in the Ia Drang Valley.
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1963
Argentina voids all foreign oil contracts.
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1962
Cuba threatens to down U.S. planes on reconnaissance flights over its territory.
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1960
The first submarine with nuclear missiles, USS George Washington, takes to sea from Charleston, South Carolina.
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1957
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev asserts Soviet superiority in missiles, challenging the United States to a rocket-range shooting match.
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1952
Newark Airport in New Jersey reopens after closing earlier in the year because of an increase in accidents.
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1946
The 17th Paris Air Show opens at the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees. It is the first show of this kind since World War II.
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1942
Daniel Barenboim, Israeli pianist and conductor.