Saddam Hussein was reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
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Charlie Chaplin's satirical movie 'The Great Dictator' was released in the US.
The Statue of Liberty's fingers, which clasp the handle of her torch, was fully installed.
At 11 years old, Grace Bedell wrote to Abraham Lincoln, saying he should grow a beard.
The tennis player Chris Evert won the first WTA Tour Championship in Florida.
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black-rights political organization, Black Panther Party.
