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Events
- 1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic
- 1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco.
- 1948 - William Shockley filed the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
- 1960 - Somalia gains its independence
- 1963 - John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner" on a visit to West Berlin.
- 1983 - Bob Mathews confronts anti-racists at an Aryan Nations rally in Spokane, Washington.
- 2006 - The Republic of Montenegro becomes the 192nd member of the United Nations.
Births
- 1892 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
- 1898 - Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (d. 1978)
- 1908 - Salvador Allende, Former President of Chile (d. 1973)
- 1963 - Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Russian Jewish oligarch
Deaths
- 1810 - Joseph Michel Montgolfier, inventor of the hot air balloon (b. 1740)
- 1922 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
- 2003 - Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902)
