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Retrocession Day. 1945 Japanese surrender Taiwan to General...
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Elvis Presley made his first public appearance as a singer...
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1814 Daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and 3rd Mayor of Salt...
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More Events On This Day. 2003. Soong Mei-ling, the second wife of the Nationalist Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek and a powerful political figure in her own right, died at age 106. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about China. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2001. Apple introduced the iPod, a portable media player that became one of the most ...
2 days ago · Retrocession Day. 1945 Japanese surrender Taiwan to General Chiang Kai-shek. Chinese Military and Political Leader Chiang Kai-shek. 1947 Bradman scores 156 for South Australia v India, 152 mins, 22 fours. 1947 Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan & Fred Saigh for $4M.
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20 February. The Soviets open a new phase in space exploration with the launch of the world's biggest space station, Mir. Two 10-year-old boys are charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool. Hundreds of people are reported to have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to Indian elections.
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