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1928 A Communist attack on Beijing results in 3,000 dead and 50,000 fleeing to Swatow.

1939 In Spain, Jose Miaja takes over Madrid government after a military coup and vows to seek “peace with honor.”

1943 British RAF fliers bomb Essen and the Krupp arms works in the Ruhr, Germany.

1945 Cologne, Germany, falls to General Courtney Hodges‘ First Army.

1947 Winston Churchill opposes the withdrawal of troops from India.

1948 During talks in Berlin, the Western powers agree to internationalize the Ruhr region.

1953 Upon Josef Stalin’s death, Georgi Malenkov is named Soviet premier.

1960 The Swiss grant women the right to vote in municipal elections.

1965 The United States announces that it will send 3,500 troops to Vietnam.

1967 President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his plan to establish a draft lottery.

1973 President Richard Nixon imposes price controls on oil and gas.

1975 Iran and Iraq announce that they have settled the border dispute.

1980 Islamic militants in Tehran say that they will turn over the American hostages to the Revolutionary Council.

1981 President Reagan announces plans to cut 37,000 federal jobs.