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| 1848 | The Oregon Territory was established. |
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| 1900 | International forces entered Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at purging China of foreigners. |
| 1917 | China declared war on Germany and Austria during World War I. |
| 1941 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter, a statement of principles that renounced aggression. |
| 1945 | President Harry S. Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II. |
| 1947 | Pakistan became independent of British rule. |
| 1969 | British troops arrived in Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics. |
| 1973 | U.S. bombing of Cambodia came to a halt. |
| 1980 | Workers went on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland - a job action that resulted in the creation of the Solidarity labor movement. |
| 1980 | President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale were nominated for a second term at the Democratic National Convention in New York. |
| 1996 | The Republican National Convention in San Diego nominated Bob Dole for president and Jack Kemp for vice president. |
| 1997 | An unrepentant Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| 2003 | A blackout hit the northeastern United States and part of Canada; 50 million people lost power. |
| 2006 | Israel halted its offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas as a U.N.-imposed cease-fire went into effect after a month of warfare that killed more than 900 people. |
| 2009 | Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a Charles Manson follower who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, was released from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars. |
Birthdays!!!!
Halle Berry - 46
Mila Kunis - 29
| 1925 | Russell Baker, Newspaper columnist, turns 87 |
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| 1930 | Earl Weaver, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 82 |
| 1938 | Dash Crofts, Singer (Seals and Crofts), turns 74 |
| 1941 | David Crosby, Rock singer, musician (Crosby, Stills and Nash), turns 71 |
| 1945 | Steve Martin, Actor, comedian, turns 67 |
| 1946 | Susan Saint James, Actress ("Kate and Allie," "McMillan and Wife"), turns 66 |
| 1947 | Danielle Steel, Author, turns 65 |
| 1950 | Gary Larson, Cartoonist ("Far Side"), turns 62 |
| 1959 | Magic Johnson, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 53 |
| 1959 | Marcia Gay Harden, Actress, turns 53 |
| 1960 | Sarah Brightman, Singer, turns 52 |
| 1961 | Susan Olsen, Actress ("The Brady Bunch"), turns 51 |
| 1968 | Catherine Bell, Actress ("Army Wives," "JAG"), turns 44 |
| 1987 | Tim Tebow, Football player, turns 25 |
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