1918 Russia declared a republic of Soviets.
1939 1st nuclear fission experiment (splitting of a uranium atom) in the US, in basement of Pupin Hall, Columbia University by a team including Enrico Fermi.
1969 US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris.
1981 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US
1981 Mao's widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death.
1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life.
1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia.
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