1931 - Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol
1949 - NFL merges with AAFC; Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Colts join league intact, other teams in New York and Los Angeles are merged with existing units
1961 - Tanganyika gains independence from Britain, takes name Tanzania - with Ukuru (Freedom) Torch lit on the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro
1967 - Nicolae Ceaușescu becomes President of Romania (overthrown in 1989)
1968 - KRNE TV channel 12 in Merriman, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1974 - Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail in Indiana

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