Saddam Hussein was reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
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Aviation pioneers, the Montgolfier brothers, made the first human ascent in a hot air balloon.
At 11 years old, Grace Bedell wrote to Abraham Lincoln, saying he should grow a beard.
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black-rights political organization, Black Panther Party.
The Statue of Liberty's fingers, which clasp the handle of her torch, was fully installed.
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche celebrated his 44th birthday by beginning his autobiography 'Ecce Homo,' which was published in 1908.