Saddam Hussein was reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
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At 11 years old, Grace Bedell wrote to Abraham Lincoln, saying he should grow a beard.
Aviation pioneers, the Montgolfier brothers, made the first human ascent in a hot air balloon.
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black-rights political organization, Black Panther Party.
The tennis player Chris Evert won the first WTA Tour Championship in Florida.
Charlie Chaplin's satirical movie 'The Great Dictator' was released in the US.
