The first day of the Gregorian calendar began in France, Italy, Portugal, and various other Catholic states.
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Saddam Hussein was reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
The tennis player Chris Evert won the first WTA Tour Championship in Florida.
Ernest Hemingway's 'To Have and Have Not' was published in the US.
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche celebrated his 44th birthday by beginning his autobiography 'Ecce Homo,' which was published in 1908.
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black-rights political organization, Black Panther Party.
