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2009
Terrorist bombings in Baghdad kill over 150 and wound over 700.
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2001
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant; heiress apparent to the Belgian throne.
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1991
The last soldiers of the Yugoslav People’s Army leaves the Republic of Slovenia.
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1984
Katy Perry, singer, songwriter; (“Part of Me”; “Roar”) named Billboard magazine’s Woman of the Year 2012.
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1983
1,800 U.S. troops and 300 Caribbean troops land on Grenada. U.S. forces soon turn up evidence of a strong Cuban and Soviet presence–large stores of arms and documents suggesting close links to Cuba.
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1971
Midori Goto, violinist.
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United Nations expels the Republic of China and seats the People’s Republic of China.
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1970
Adam Pascal, actor, singer (Rent; Aida).
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1964
Nicole, German singer, won 1982 Errovision Song Contest singing “Ein biBchen Frieden” (“A Little Peace”); the English version reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.
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1962
In South Africa, civil rights activist Nelson Mandela is sentenced to 5 years in prison.
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Adlai Stevenson shows photos to the UN Security Council that prove Soviet missiles have been installed in Cuba.
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1960
Martin Luther King, Jr., is sentenced to four months in jail for a sit-in.
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1958
The last U.S. troops leave Beirut.
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1957
Nancy Cartwright, voice actress; voice of Bart Simpson and other characters in the long-running animated TV series The Simpsons.
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1954
President Eisenhower conducts the first televised Cabinet meeting.