1896 Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador.
1943 Danish Navy scuttles its warships so as not to be taken by Germany.
1945 British liberate Hong Kong from Japan.
1949 USSR performs its first nuclear test at Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR
1962 US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba.
1990 Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq.
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