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Events
- 1929 - The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
- 1942 - World War II: In Washington, DC, six German would-be saboteurs are executed.
- 1945 - World War II - The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.
- 1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed by the United States, which becomes the third nation to join.
- 1949 - Bhutan becomes independent.
- 1974 - Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day.
- 2000 - Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
Births
- 1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1919)
- 1908 - Arthur Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1980)
Deaths
- 1974 - Baldur von Schirach, leader of the Hitler Youth (b. 1907)
