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1994 The Organization of African Unity formally admits South Africa as its fifty-third member.

1981 Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroy Iraq’s only nuclear reactor.

1968 In Operation Swift Saber, U.S. Marines sweep an area 10 miles northwest of Da Nang in South Vietnam.

1954 Louise Erdrich, American author.

1942 The Japanese invade Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian Islands.

1932 Over 7,000 war veterans march on Washington, D.C., demanding their bonus pay for service in World War I.

1917 Gwendolyn Brooks, African-American poet.

1914 The first vessel passes through the Panama Canal.

1909 Peter Rodino, U.S. congressman, chairman of the Watergate hearings.

1903 Professor Pierre Curie reveals the discovery of Polonium.

1900 The Boxer rebels cut the rail links between Peking and Tientsin in China.

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