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2020
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2013
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2003
U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein’s regime falls two days later.
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1994
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1988
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1977
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1970
John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in “True Grit.” He had been in over 200 films.
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1969
The Internet’s symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1
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1963
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1948
The United Nations’ World Health Organization began operations.
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1827
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