1940 Nazi decrees establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland.
1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany.
1969 US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris.
1971 Military coup in Uganda under Major General Idi Amin.
1974 Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants first heterotopic heart transplant (adding donor heart without removal of old).
1980 Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft.
1981 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US.
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