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1816
Indiana became the 19th state.
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1936
King Edward VIII abdicated the throne of Britain for the woman he loved, Mrs. Wallis Simpson.
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1941
Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.
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1946
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established.
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1994
Russian troups invaded Chechnya in an unsuccessful attempt to restore Moscow's power in the region.
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1997
Housing secretary Henry Cisneros was indicted for conspiracy, obstructing justice, and false statements to the FBI.
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2008
Bernard Madoff, an investment manager, was charged with defrauding clients of as much as $50 billion in what might be the largest swindle in Wall Street history.
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