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1788
New York became the 11th state in the United States.
1847
Liberia became Africa’s first republic.
1908
The Office of the Chief Examiner, which in 1935 became the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was created.
1947
President Harry S Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1952
King Farouk I of Egypt abdicated after a coup led by Gamal Abdal Nasser.
1953
Fidel Castro was among a group of rebelling anti-Batistas who unsuccessfully attacked an army barracks.
Birthdays
George Bernard Shaw, playwright and critic, (1856)
Carl Jung, Psychiatrist (1875)
Aldous Huxley, author (1894)
Salvador Allende, president of Chile (1908)
Stanley Kubrick, filmmaker (1928)
Mick Jagger, musician (1943)
Helen Mirren, actress (1945)
Kevin Spacey, actor, director (1959)
Sandra Bullock, actress (1964)