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| 1863 | General Grant attempts to expel the Jews from Tennessee, Kentucky, and other Midsouth areas but is overridden by the President. Nevertheless, some reports indicate that more than 1,000 Jews were forcibly removed from Memphis, Tennessee, many having first had their personal possessions confiscated.
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| 1925 | The Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini announces that he is assuming dictatorial powers over Italy.
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| 1926 | General Theodoros Pangalos assumes dictatorial powers in Greece.
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| 1958 | The U.S. Civil Rights Commission swears in six members and begins operations.
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| 1959 | Alaska becomes the 49th state.
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| 1961 | President Eisenhower (R) breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba.
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| 1973 | President Nixon (R), in an effort to curb hijackings, orders all airline passengers be screened.
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| 1975 | 19 U.S.C. 2432, Jackson-Vanik amendment passed. The legislation conditions the restoration of most-favored-nation status to nonmarket economy (NME) countries (including the Soviet Union). Waivers have been extended to just about anyone that wants it, including the Soviet Union (but not Cuba, of course).
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| 1990 | General Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces and was taken to the U.S. to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. [Is it legal for the US to arrest citizens of other countries? Legal, smegal; Stalin and Hitler are lucky we didn't throw their butts in jail!]
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| 1993 | President George Bush (R) and Russian president Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II), committing the United States and Russia to dismantle two-thirds of their nuclear warheads.
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