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1991 In South Africa, Winnie Mandela is sentenced to six years in prison for her part in the kidnapping and beating of three black youths and the death of a fourth.

1973 The U.S. space station Skylab is launched.

1970  The Red Army Faction (RAF) begins operation

1969 Three companies of the 101st Airborne Division fail to push North Vietnamese forces off Hill 937 in South Vietnam.

1961 A bus carrying black and white civil rights activists is bombed and burned in Alabama.

1955  The Warsaw Pact is established

1948 Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion establishes the State of Israel.

1946 Robert Jarvik, American physician.

1944 George Lucas, film director and producer (Star Wars).

1942 The British Army, in retreat from Burma, reaches India.

1940 Holland surrenders to Germany.

1935 A plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.